Deportation and Removal

Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018): Reaffirming and Clarifying Limits on Dismissing/Terminating Proceedings

In Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, Attorney General Sessions followed Matter of Castro-Tum and limited authority to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings.

Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 1)

In Matter of Castro-Tum, Attorney General Sessions examined the history of general administrative closure authority before determining that there was none.

Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 2)

In Matter of Castro-Tum, Attorney General Sessions concluded that immigration judges and the BIA lack implicit administrative closure authority in the INA and regulations

Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 3)

Block: Matter of Castro-Tum, AG Sessions provided for the recalendaring of administratively closed cases that were administratively closed without authority.

Matter of Obeya, 26 I&N Dec. 856 (BIA 2016): BIA Finds NY Petit Larceny Conviction to be Categorical CIMT

In the Matter of Obeya, the BIA followed the Matter of Lizarraga in finding that New York’s petit larceny statute is a categorical CIMT.

Migrant Protection Protocols Policy

All you need to know about the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the return to Mexico policy, including interviews and in absentia removal hearings.

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