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Kevin Rooney Retires

By immigrationprof

Kevin Rooney announced Wednesday he is retiring as head of the Exexcutive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which includes the nation’s immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals that reviews immigration appeals. According to the L.A. Daily Journal, news of Rooney’s departure came in an e-mail to employees, in which the 62-year-old lawyer thanked them for their service and took a jab at the Justice Department. “Over the past few years, we had been unable to proceed with several management and policy initiatives because of budget constraints or the need for Department approval,” he wrote.

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