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Meza Morales v. Barr "We ... reject CastroTum and hold that immigration judges are not precluded from administratively closing cases when appropriate." [Hats off to Chuck Roth !]

Zuniga Romero v. Barr "After an immigration judge (“IJ”) denied Jesus Zuniga Romero’s request for administrative closure of his case—which would have removed it from the IJ’s active docket pending the completion of...

Matthew Hoppock, Nov. 2, 2018 - "A series of FOIA requests regarding the Attorney General’s decision in Matter of Castro-Tum seem to have revealed something strange about that decision: it was edited after the Attorney General issued it. ...

Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018) (1) Consistent with Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018), immigration judges have no inherent authority to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings. (2) Immigration judges...

Letter, Sept. 13, 2018 - "Dear Secretary Nielsen and Attorney General Sessions: We write today to express our concerns about recent reports that Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to request the recalendaring of thousands of deportation...

"Judges’ Union Files Grievance Over DOJ’s Interference with Judicial Independence and Violation of the Due Process Rights of Those Appearing before the Immigration Courts; Guatemalan Youth Ordered Deported Despite Philadelphia-based Federal...

July 30, 2018 open letter - "On Thursday, July 26, 2018, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), in a costly and inefficient use of the agency’s resources, sent an Assistant Chief Immigration Judge to the Philadelphia Immigration...

Practice Pointer: Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018) - "This practice pointer provides practitioners guidance on the Attorney General’s Matter of Castro-Tum decision issued on May 17, 2018. Matter of Castro-Tum revokes immigration...

AILA, the Tahirih Justice Center, the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Asista Immigration Assistance and the Asian-Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence filed this amicus brief in response to Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 187 (A.G....

David Isaacson, May 22, 2018 - "Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III recently ruled in Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018) , that immigration judges cannot under most circumstances “administratively close” cases...