If you need an emergency ruling on a stay of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), there is a direct phone line you can call during business hours to request expedited action. This hotline exists for situations in which removal is imminent and a stay...
The BIA used to publish and regularly update a document called "“Questions and Answers Regarding Proceedings before the Board.” The BIA practice manual still refers to it as if it still exists, but if you go to the previous web address for it, you get this: "Due to...
[Update September 7, 2015] Back in March, 2011, I wrote this post to express frustration that the BIA had done such a poor job keeping its practice manual updated while requiring those practicing before the Board to comply with it. Examples included its suggestion to...