DOJ added in a statement:
EOIR said it swore in 77 immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges, calling the class the largest group of new adjudicators in the agency’s history. The release says the additions grow the immigration judge corps to nearly 700 and bring EOIR to 153 permanent immigration-judge hires in fiscal year 2026, the highest single-year total the agency has recorded.
The investiture was held May 20, 2026, in the Department of Justice’s Great Hall in Washington Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and EOIR Director Daren Margolin delivered remarks, and Chief Immigration Judge Teresa Riley administered the oath of office.
