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    The Committee on the Judiciary is requesting an interview with Mary Cheng, Deputy Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, to conduct oversight of the Biden Administration's enforcement of federal immigration law. The letter notes that the immigration court backlog has skyrocketed to nearly 2.2 million pending cases, and over the past two years EOIR dismissed, terminated, or administratively closed nearly half a million cases. As Deputy Director, Cheng oversees the immigration courts and is responsible for implementing immigration policies, so the Committee is requesting she schedule a transcribed interview by November 20th to inform their oversight.

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    The Committee on the Judiciary is requesting an interview with Mary Cheng, Deputy Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, to conduct oversight of the Biden Administration's enforcement of federal immigration law. The letter notes that the immigration court backlog has skyrocketed to nearly 2.2 million pending cases, and over the past two years EOIR dismissed, terminated, or administratively closed nearly half a million cases. As Deputy Director, Cheng oversees the immigration courts and is responsible for implementing immigration policies, so the Committee is requesting she schedule a transcribed interview by November 20th to inform their oversight.

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    November 6, 2023

    Ms. Mary Cheng


    Deputy Director
    Executive Office for Immigration Review
    5104 Leesburg Pike, 26th Floor
    Falls Church, VA 22041

    Dear Deputy Director Cheng:

    The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of the Biden Administration’s


    enforcement of federal immigration law. Our oversight includes examining the actions of the
    Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) during the worst illegal immigration crisis in
    our nation’s history. As EOIR’s Deputy Director, we believe you are uniquely situated to inform
    our oversight, and we ask for your cooperation with our request.

    According to EOIR’s own data, the immigration court backlog skyrocketed to nearly 2.2
    million pending cases at the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.1 Meanwhile, from the
    beginning of the Biden Administration through July 2023, immigration judges dismissed,
    terminated, or administratively closed nearly half a million cases, with 260,390 case dismissals,
    112,854 case terminations, and 71,465 administrative closures during that time.2 This raises
    serious questions about whether EOIR is truly “adjudicat[ing] immigration cases by fairly,
    expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation’s immigration laws.”3

    As Deputy Director of EOIR, you oversee the nation’s immigration courts and other
    EOIR components, supervise EOIR officials, and are responsible for implementing the
    Administration’s immigration policies. Accordingly, we request that you make yourself available
    for a transcribed interview with the Committee as soon as possible. Please contact Committee
    staff by November 20, 2023, to schedule your transcribed interview.

    1
    Executive Office for Immigration Review, Pending Cases, New Cases, and Total Completions, U.S. DEP’T OF
    JUSTICE (last accessed Oct. 23, 2023), https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1242166/download.
    2
    Letter from Carlos Uriarte, Assistant Att’y Gen., U.S. Dep’t of Justice, to Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm.
    on the Judiciary (Nov. 2, 2023).
    3
    Executive Office for Immigration Review, About the Office, U.S. DEP’T OF JUSTICE (last accessed Oct. 23, 2023),
    https://www.justice.gov/eoir/about-office.
    Ms. Mary Cheng
    November 6, 2023
    Page 2

    The Judiciary Committee is authorized to conduct oversight of federal immigration law


    pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives.4 If you have any questions, please contact
    Committee staff at (202) 225-6906. If you are represented by private counsel, please ask your
    attorney to contact Committee staff on your behalf.

    Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

    Sincerely,

    Jim Jordan
    Chairman

    cc The Honorable Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member

    4
    Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, R. X (2023).

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