New Immigration Court Rule Would Protect Critical Docket Management Tools and Rescind Trump-Era Changes

New Immigration Court Rule Would Protect Critical Docket Management Tools and Rescind Trump-Era Changes

By Gianna Borroto | Sep 14, 2023 The Department of Justice has proposed a new rule to protect immigration judges’ ability to administratively close removal proceedings and control their ever-expanding dockets. The proposed rule, published on September 8, would also rescind most of the changes introduced by a 2020 Trump-era regulation, including shortened Board of Immigration Appeals […]

What Is the Law? Under New Immigration Decision, the Answer Isn’t Always Clear

What Is the Law? Under New Immigration Decision, the Answer Isn’t Always Clear

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) published a decision last week seeking to address a seemingly basic question: what law should an immigration judge apply when deciding the case of a noncitizen facing removal? In a time of remote hearings, when the immigration judge, the government attorney, and the noncitizen may all be in different places, figuring […]