Office of the Attorney General, July 8, 2020 "Matter of A-M-R-C-, Respondent Decided by Attorney General July 8, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General BEFORE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL On June 17, 2020, pursuant to... Read More

Felipe de la Hoz, The Nation, June 30, 2020 "The Board of Immigration Appeals, once an impartial appellate court, has become a new front in the Trump administration’s war against migrants." Read More

Matter of A-M-R-C-, 28 I&N Dec. 7 (A.G. 2020) Interim Decision #3986 Matter of A-M-R-C-, Respondent Decided by Attorney General June 17, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General BEFORE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Pursuant... Read More

Tanvi Misra, Roll Call, May 27, 2020 "The Justice Department offered buyouts to pre-Trump administration career members on its influential immigration appeals board as part of an ongoing effort to restructure the immigration court system with new... Read More

Thompson v. Barr "Petitioner Richard Marvin Thompson ("Thompson") appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen sua sponte his immigration proceedings, alleging that the BIA committed a... Read More

Prof. Geoffrey Hoffman, May 17, 2020 "The latest decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Matter of Herrera-Vasquez, 27 I&N Dec. 825 (BIA 2020) , is another case in the trend of cases at the Board validating unlawful Notice to... Read More

Zerezghi v. USCIS "We hold that the BIA violated due process by relying on undisclosed evidence that Zerezghi and Meskel did not have an opportunity to rebut. In making its initial determination of marriage fraud, the BIA also violated due process... Read More

EOIR, Apr. 3, 2020 "This Policy Memorandum (PM) updates EOIR's policies regarding permissible signatures on documents filed with the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. As of March 31, 2020, EOIR has begun accepting digital... Read More

Kassim v. Barr "The overarching question in this case is whether the Board of Immigration Appeals applied its own standard of review correctly. After an immigration judge granted a waiver of inadmissibility and deferral of removal to Ahmed Shariif... Read More

Matter of J-J-G-, 27 I&N Dec. 808 (BIA 2020) (1) The exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for cancellation of removal is based on a cumulative consideration of all hardship factors, but to the extent that a claim is based on the health of... Read More

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/01/2020 "This rule amends the Department of Justice regulations relating to the organization of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) by adding two Board... Read More

Matter of R-A-V-P-, 27 I&N Dec. 803 (BIA 2020) The Immigration Judge properly determined that the respondent was a flight risk and denied his request for a custody redetermination where, although he had a pending application for asylum, he had no... Read More

Matter of R-A-F-, 27 I&N Dec. 778 (A.G. 2020) (1) The Board of Immigration Appeals should consider de novo the application of law to the facts of this case, including whether the deprivations that the respondent would be likely to encounter upon... Read More

BIA, Feb. 21, 2020 "Amicus Invitation No. 20-21-02 AMICUS INVITATION (Alien Notice), Due Date: March 23, 2020 February 21, 2020 The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing... Read More

Matter of Mayen-Vinalay, 27 I&N Dec. 755 (BIA 2020) In assessing whether to grant an alien’s request for a continuance regarding an application for collateral relief, the alien’s prima facie eligibility for relief and whether it will... Read More