Immigration Judges hard at work
A recent Transactional Records Access Clearing House (TRAC) report found that Immigration Judges completed 198,105 cases during FY2015, up 7.3% from 184,597 in FY2014. The…
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Petitioner’s Ignorance of Christian Doctrine
The court reversed the adverse credibility finding as improperly based on the IJ’s perception of Petitioner’s ignorance of Christian doctrine, misstatements that did not go…
“Derivative Citizenship” under former INA §321(a)
The court held that for purposes of derivative citizenship under former INA §321(a), the phrase “begins to reside permanently in the United States while under…
Case involving separate claims of a couple from Egypt
In a case involving separate claims of a couple from Egypt, the court upheld the IJ’s adverse credibility determination as to the husband, but remanded…
The court dismissed Petitioner’s claim as administratively unexhausted
The court dismissed Petitioner’s claim as administratively unexhausted, but implored its colleagues that when a similar case is next presented, to hold that slight tardiness…
Source of the children’s support in the event of Petitioner’s deportation
The court remanded where the IJ and BIA assumed that the father of Petitioner’s children would remain a source of the children’s support in the…
EOIR announces on the new six Immigration Judges
EOIR announcement on the appointment of six new immigration judges who will preside in immigration courts in Eloy, AZ, Lumpkin, GA, Memphis, TN, and Port…
32 individuals from the Atlanta area were arrested by Fugitive Operations Teams
ICE announcement that 32 individuals from the Atlanta area were arrested by Fugitive Operations Teams (FOT). Those arrested include individuals with prior criminal convictions, prior…
Post-conclusion Voluntary Departure
An alien is not precluded from post-conclusion voluntary departure under INA §240B(b)(1), where the request is raised for the first time after IJ issuance of…
BIA expressly retains jurisdiction and qualifies or limits the scope of the remand to a specific purpose
As a matter of first impression, the court held that the IJ’s jurisdiction on remand from the BIA is limited only when the BIA expressly…
IJ’s decision to terminate proceedings resulted in no final order of removal
The court distinguished Lolong v. Gonzales and found that it lacked jurisdiction over the petition for review because the IJ’s decision to terminate proceedings resulted…
Immigration Judge’s jurisdiction on remand from BIA
An immigration judge’s jurisdiction on remand from the Board of Immigration Appeals is limited only when the BIA expressly retains jurisdiction and qualifies or limits…