by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 5, 2019 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
We should have seen it coming. In 2018 the Attorney General ended the ability of immigration judges to administratively close cases, concluding they had in fact never had such authority. As shocking as that was at the time, we’re now seeing pieces of that puzzle...
by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 2, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration |
A series of FOIA requests regarding the Attorney General’s decision in Matter of Castro-Tum seem to have revealed something strange about that decision: it was edited after the Attorney General issued it. E-mail messages to and from BIA staff on May 17, 2018,...
by Matthew Hoppock | Oct 14, 2016 | BIA Best Practices, DAPA, Immigration, Immigration ArticlesBIA Appeals, Immigration Reform |
This morning we won an Eighth Circuit appeal on the question of whether federal courts can review the process of “administrative closure.” Our client had sought “administrative closure” because he fit the profile President Obama had described...
by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 12, 2012 | Immigration, Uncategorized |
We received a new unpublished decision today from the BIA administratively closing an asylum appeal because, according to the Board, our client is now eligible for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”). We were already aware he was eligible for TPS and...
