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EOIR Creates Immigration Judge Conduct and Professionalism Web Page
The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge has established a procedure that allows any person to file a complaint about the conduct of an Immigration Judge. Below are links to documents which describe how to file a complaint, the procedures … Continue reading
Chicago Appleseed Fund For Justice- Immigration Court Reform
To the editor: A Policy Statement from Chicago Appleseed Last year, Appleseed and the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice released a comprehensive report, “Assembly Line Injustice,” outlining findings that American immigration courts regularly fall beneath basic standards of justice. The … Continue reading
BIA Holds that Changed Circumstances Do Not Result in Automatic One-Year Extension of Time for Filing for Asylum
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board), in Matter of T-M-H- and S-W-C-, 25 I. & N. Dec. 193 (B.I.A. Jan. 29, 2010), held that an alien does not receive an automatic one-year extension in which to file an … Continue reading
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Non-Citizens Deported Mostly for Nonviolent Offenses
Human Rights Watch issued a report that it says documents for the first time exactly which kinds of non-citizens were deported from the U.S. between 1997 and 2007, and for what types of crimes. The report says that 72 percent … Continue reading
7th Circuit, Aliens, Immigration case law updates, Asylum
Figueras v. Holder, No. 08-3367 (7/27/09) Adjustment of status, motion for continuance Figueras v. Holder (Sykes) Oral Argument | Full Text Petition for Review, Order of Bd. of Immigration Appeals, Petition granted. Bd. erred in finding that alien was ineligible … Continue reading
Chicago Immigration Court, Deportation and Removal
Immigration updates-New Legislation Supreme Court cases Deportation Handbook, 7th Circuit 7th Circuit updates: Opinion Summaries for U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Aliens, Immigration BIA case law summaries EOIR Chart: Court Decisions Relating to Board Precedents BIA Precedent Table (Revised … Continue reading
Deportation for Drug Crimes
The Supreme Court ruled, by an 8-1 vote, that conviction of a drug crime that is a felony under state law but only a misdemeanor under federal law is not kind the kind of offense that triggers potential deporation. Justice … Continue reading
Repatriation of Vietnam Citizens
From: Koroma, Kadia H [mailto:kadia.koroma@dhs.gov] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:57 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: ICE Assistant Secretary Myers signs historical MOU with Vietnam Importance: High January 22, 2008 Contact: Public Affairs (202) 514-2648 News Release ICE Assistant Secretary Myers … Continue reading
Chicago Immigration Judge Reports — Asylum grants and denials, fiscal year 2000 through the early months of 2005
Chicago Immigration Judge Reports — Asylum Grants and Denials The data and analyses is from The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. Comprehensive, independent and nonpartisan information about … Continue reading
