Immigration
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Velazquez v. Bondi
decided April 22, 2025 The federally enacted Illegal Immigration Reform and Im¬migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) allows certain undocumented immigrants to voluntarily depart from the United States without incurring the costs and penalties of a forced removal ordered by the Justice Department, but only the condition the eligible “alien” does in fact voluntarily depart… Continue reading
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IMMIGRATION JUDGES’ FACT-FINDING REVIEWABLE ON APPEAL DESPITE STATUTORY LIMITATION
A federal immigration statute prohibits the appeal of an order by the federal government’s immigration agency to remove an undocumented immigrant from the United States, unless the immigrant raises either a Constitutional issue, or a “question of law” with respect to his or her removal order. In Wilkinson v. Garland, decided on March 19, 2024,… Continue reading
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