FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the investiture of 15 immigration judges and 17 temporary immigration judges who will join immigration courts in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
EOIR Director Daren K. Margolin delivered remarks, and Chief Immigration Judge Teresa L. Riley administered the oath of office during the investiture, which was held today at the Department of Justice’s Great Hall in Washington, D.C. “EOIR remains committed to reducing the immigration court backlog and unwinding the policies of the Biden Administration that included a de facto open border and amnesty,” said Director Margolin. “These new highly qualified immigration judges have sworn to decide the cases before them based on the law – that is, the laws passed by the United States Congress.”
After a competitive application process, the Attorney General appointed Julie Adams, Meghan C. Buhl-Madsen, Christopher Cooper, Andrew Galvao, Nathan M. Hansen, Anthony J. Hurst, Scott Ison, John F. Jakubowski, Lenka J. Koss, Brandon Lee Lettunich, Susanna Martinez, Joshua D. Rosen, Christopher J. Stephens, Matthew E. Sweet, and Michael Paul Taylor to their new positions as immigration judges, and Thomas C. Allmond, David G. Beyleryan, Benjamin Sky Brown, Lory G. Brown, Ryan J. Clark, Melissa L. Isaak, Matthew S. Johnson, Brandon Alexander “Alex” Kennedy, Matthew A. Kozyra, Eric Levinson, Peter T. McCary, Robert C. O’Neil, Joshua D. Quidley, Andrew J. Slitt, Dat T. Vo, Shayne M. Welling, and Rachel L. Wilson to their new positions as temporary immigration judges. Since January 20, 2025, EOIR has reduced the backlog by over 380,000 cases, and our intent is to reduce that backlog from a high of over 4 million cases during the Biden Administration to a reasonable level.
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