Brian D. Lerner Immigration Attorney & Deportation Lawyer Blog

The Fifth Circuit remanded the petition to the Board of Immigration Appeals to determine if equitable tolling is appropriate in Mr. Lugo-Resendez’ case. Importantly, the Court instructed the Board not to apply the test “too harshly,” noting the difficulties faced by deported immigrants who may be “poor, uneducated, unskilled in the English language, and effectively unable to follow developments in the American legal system—much less read and digest complicated legal decisions.”

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