 The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCIJ) is the authority under which trial-level immigration judges are situated.Like the EOIR Director and Deputy Director, the Chief Immigration Judge is appointed by the Attorney General, though he or she is supervised directly by the Director of EOIR.The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge oversees nearly 500 immigration judges, 60 immigration courts, and 30 assistant chief immigration judges (ACIJ) based in the various cities where U.S. immigration courts are located.