DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the...
Atud v. Garland (unpub.) "Mathurin A. Atud petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on alleged ineffective...
Shen v. Garland "Peng Shen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. An Immigration Judge ...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/25/2024 "On January 17, 2017, DHS published a final rule with new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case...
Lance Curtright reports: "After the 5th Circuit’s initial decision in Membreno, [ Membreno-Rodriguez v. Garland, 95 F.4th 219 ] my law partner Paul Hunker (a new AILA member!) reached out to...
EOIR, Nov. 30, 2020, eff. Dec. 1, 2020
"As part of its continued commitment to ensuring efficient and fair adjudications and that each alien with a claim to relief or protection from removal receives a hearing in a timely manner, EOIR is implementing a new case flow processing model for non-status removal cases involving non-detained aliens with representation. ... [fn 1. This model will not apply to cases of detained aliens, aliens not placed in removal proceedings (whose removability is already established and who are also generally detained), and aliens proceeding pro se. Further, this model will not apply to cases that have been appropriately placed on a status docket—e.g. a case of an unaccompanied alien child with an asylum application pending before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ... Immigration Judges retain discretion to deviate from this model as appropriate.] ... Nothing in this PM limits an Immigration Judge’s independent judgment and discretion in adjudicating cases or an Immigration Judge’s authority under applicable law."