Today the Office of Inspector General released a troubling report on the efficiency of the Immigration Courts and the BIA. While I disagree with the focus of the report, which ultimately seems to be that "continuances" are bad, there is some revealing...
AWO
Juan Osuna to the NYT: AWO is a Thing of the Past
We remarked last week that a NY Times editorial had a bizarre and simply untrue observation about the use of "Affirmance Without Opinion" (AWO) by the Board, describing it as somewhat commonplace. As we noted, it's just not used that often anymore. EOIR Director,...
Clarifying What “Affirmance Without Opinion” Really Means After Judulang v. Holder
A recent editorial in the New York Times on Judulang v. Holder, titled “Irrationality in Deportation Law,” raised important concerns about consistency in immigration decisions. But it also included a common misconception: that when the Board of Immigration Appeals...