On April 23, 2018, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the swearing in of a new immigration judge at the Arlington Immigration Court in Virginia [PDF version]. In this post, we will examine the news release.

Raphael Choi, now an Immigration Judge sitting on the Arlington Immigration Court, was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and sworn in on April 20, 2018, by Chief Immigration Judge MaryBeth Keller.

Judge Choi has previously served in various capacities at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement beginning in 2002. Below, we list the details of his previous service:

- 2007-2018: Chief counsel for the Office of Principal Legal Advisor, ICE, DHS, in Arlington Virginia;
- 2006-2007: Deputy chief counsel at ICE, DHS, in Arlington Virginia; and
- 2002-2006: Assistant chief counsel at ICE, DHS, in New York, N.Y.

Judge Choi obtained his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

To read about other recent immigration judge appointments, including other appointments at the Arlington Immigration Court, please see our index of blog posts on the subject [see blog].

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