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The Executive Office for Immigration Review ( EOIR) is a sub-agency of the United States Department of Justice whose chief function is to conduct removal proceedings in immigration courts and adjudicate appeals arising from the proceedings. These administrative proceedings determine the removability and admissibility of individuals in the ...
The Board of Immigration Appeals ( BIA) is an administrative appellate body within the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the United States Department of Justice responsible for reviewing decisions of the U.S. immigration courts and certain actions of U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services, U.S Customs and Border Protection, and U.S ...
Cancellation of removal is a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of the United States that allows some aliens who are in removal proceedings, who have lived in the United States for a long period of time and meet certain other conditions, to apply to remain in the United States and have the removal proceedings terminated. [1 ...
Pereida v. Wilkinson, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court (the Court) case in which the Court ruled that under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) an alien seeking to cancel a lawful removal order bears the burden of showing that he has not been convicted of a disqualifying offense. An alien has not carried that burden ...
t. e. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS) [3] is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was dissolved by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and replaced by ...
An immigration judge, formerly known as a special inquiry officer, [ 1] is an employee of the United States Department of Justice. [ 2] An immigration judge decides cases of aliens in various types of removal proceedings. [ 3][ 4] During the proceedings, an immigration judge may grant any type of immigration relief or benefit to a noncitizen ...
2022 Case Processing Manual (CPM) (PDF, 822 KB) Our mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. OCR's Case Processing Manual.
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements ( SAVE) is a program managed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). SAVE facilitates lookups on the immigration and nationality status of individuals in the United States. [1] It is an intergovernmental initiative ...