Archive for the ‘Board of Immigration Appeals’ Category

EOIR Releases Updated List of Improvement Measures

Friday, June 5th, 2009

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has published an updated list of 22 measures to strengthen the quality and efficiency of the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). EOIR has developed these improvement measures in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ). While EOIR is making ...

Holder’s Order to Vacate Compean Hailed by AlLF, AILA and others

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder  three-page decision that withdraws a decision issued by outgoing Attorney General Michael Mukasey in Matter of Compean, was welcomed and applauded by the American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) and other organizations. Just before stepping down as an Attorney General, Mukasey created a commotion by affirming the ...

USICS Issues Reminder to Obtain Advance Parole before Traveling Abroad

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

To facilitate easy exit and reentry into U.S., the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reminding individuals to obtain Advance Parole from it before making a trip abroad. Advance Parole is permission to reenter the U.S. after traveling abroad, which is used sparingly to allow an otherwise inadmissible individual ...