BIA Expands Cancellation of Removal Eligibility By Altering Interpretation of the Ten-Year Requirement – Matter of Ordaz

BIA Expands Cancellation of Removal Eligibility By Altering Interpretation of the Ten-Year Requirement – Matter of Ordaz

The BIA issued a decision today that broadly expands the eligibility for cancellation of removal when ICE issues more than one charging document. The case, Matter of Oraz, raises the question of when someone has been present for “ten years” to make them...

BIA Briefing Deadlines

Sometimes I wonder whether the BIA saves up my transcripts so that it can mail them all to me at the same time.  Yesterday, I received four transcripts from the Board, all with briefs due on the same date.  Along with a new detained appeal we were hired in...