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Immigration Court “Status Docket” – the Secret Almost Alternative to Administrative Closure

Immigration Court “Status Docket” – the Secret Almost Alternative to Administrative Closure

by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 5, 2019 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice | 0 comments

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...
Did the BIA Edit the Attorney General’s Decision in Matter of Castro-Tum? If So, Does it Matter?

Did the BIA Edit the Attorney General’s Decision in Matter of Castro-Tum? If So, Does it Matter?

by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 2, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration | 0 comments

A series of FOIA requests regarding the Attorney General’s decision inĀ 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,...

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