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Appendix F: EOIR Performance Goals
The Department of Justice Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026 includes specific long-term outcome goals, covering the five strategic goals. The EOIR Strategic Plan reflects the Department’s current objectives and direction for the future. The chart below provides EOIR’s long-term outcome goals for FY 2024 through FY 2028 as well as other EOIR metrics. This list covers key mission areas and outcomes that can be related in either a direct or indirect way to the strategic goals, objectives, and activities for the Department’s components covered by this Plan.
The list of long-term outcome goals fully aligns with the Department’s priorities, addresses important policy issues, and expresses the Department’s continued commitment to making progress on a range of issues of public importance. The targets for annual measures that contribute to the achievement of long-term outcome goals will be provided in the DOJ Annual Budget and Performance Summary and reported each year in the DOJ Annual Performance Report.
Table 20. EOIR Performance Goals and DOJ Alignment
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Support DOJ Strategic Objectives |
Performance Goals |
Lead EOIR Component(s) |
Requirement(s) |
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5.1 |
95% of total appeals assigned to a single Appellate Immigration Judge to be completed within 90 days. |
BIA |
8 CFR § 1003.1(e)(8)(i) |
|
5.1 |
95% of total appeals assigned to a three-member panel of Appellate Immigration Judges to be completed within 180 days. |
BIA |
8 CFR § 1003.1(e)(8)(i) |
|
5.1 |
In 95% of cases, an ALJ will notify the parties of a date, time, and place set for a prehearing conference within 30 days of receipt of respondent’s answer to the complaint. |
OCAHO |
28 CFR § 68.5(a) |
|
5.1 |
In 95% of cases, an ALJ will enter a final order within 60 days after receipt of the hearing transcript or of post-hearing briefs, proposed findings of fact, and conclusions of law, if any. |
OCAHO |
28 C.F.R. § 68.52(b) |
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Support DOJ Strategic Objectives |
Performance Goals |
Lead EOIR Component(s) |
Requirement(s) |
|
5.1 |
In 100% of cases, the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer will conduct all administrative reviews resulting in the modification, vacatur, or remand of the ALJ’s order on or before 30 days subsequent to the date of the ALJ order, but not before time for filing briefs has expired. |
OCAHO |
8 U.S.C. § 1324a(e)(7); 8 U.S.C. § v1324c(d)(4); 28 C.F.R. § 68.54(d) |
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5.1 |
By September 30, 2025, EOIR will increase the number of case resolutions by 8% relative to the FY 2023 baseline number of 646,428 case resolutions. |
OCIJ |
GPRA Agency Priority Goal |
|
5.1 |
By September 30, 2025, EOIR will maintain the vacancy gap for immigration judges at 5% or less. |
OCIJ |
GPRA Agency Priority Goal |
|
5.1 |
By September 30, 2025, EOIR will ensure that 100% pro bono rooms have VTC, including new immigration courts. |
OCIJ, OIT, Admin |
GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
5.1 |
Decrease the average number of vacancy days for immigration adjudicator positions to 297 days. |
OCIJ |
GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
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Support DOJ Strategic Objectives |
Performance Goals |
Lead EOIR Component(s) |
Requirement(s) |
|
5.1 |
Complete 100% of credible fear review cases within 7 days. |
OCIJ |
INA § 235 (b) (1) (B), 8 C.F.R. § 1003.42 (e) |
|
5.1 |
Complete 100% of reasonable fear cases within 10 days. |
OCIJ |
8 C.F.R. § 208.31(b), 8 C.F.R. § 1208.31(g) |
|
5.1 |
Complete 85% of bond re-determination hearings within 21 days. |
OCIJ |
INA |
|
5.1 |
Increase the percent of immigration judges who have received all relevant continuing legal education annually to 95%. |
OCIJ |
8 CFR § 208.31(b) |
|
5.1 |
Achieve 360,000 annual visits to the Immigration Court Online Resource. |
Policy |
GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
1.1 |
Contribute to the reduction of the ratio of Department’s FOIA backlog to incoming requests to 30 percent. |
OGC |
DOJ Agency-wide GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
1.2 |
Contribute to increasing the Department’s average score on selected FEVS questions related to how well managers cultivate innovation, creativity, and collaboration by 5 percentage points. |
Admin |
DOJ Agency-wide GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
1.2 |
Contribute to the Department’s effort for each employee involved in hiring to complete implicit bias and interview skills training within the last three years. |
Admin |
DOJ Agency-wide GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
1.2 |
Contribute to the Department’s effort to achieve 20 percent reduction in disparities in employee attrition rates. |
Admin |
DOJ Agency-wide GRPA Key Performance Indicator |
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1.2 |
100% of new or redesigned DOJ Public Facing websites adopt U.S. Web Design System, use plain language, and use user-centered design. |
Admin |
DOJ Agency-wide GPRA Key Performance Indicator |
|
1.2 |
50% of identified datasets accessible by authorized component users. |
OIT |
DOJ Agency-wide GPRA Key Performance Indicator |