Tag: AG
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AG RESTORES IMMIGRATION JUDGES’ AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a recent decision that restored immigration judges’ authority to terminate removal proceedings in Matter of Coronado Acevedo. Matter of Coronado Acevedo, 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022) overruled a prior decision by then Attorney General Jeff Sessions that held that immigration judges “have no inherent authority to terminate or dismiss…
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MATTER OF L-E-A- (SWITCHED AGAIN)
This is confusing so I will try to be as clear as possible. This post is about Matter of L-E-A- III, 28 I&N Dec. 304 (AG 2021) Matter of L-E-A- I, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017, (which was known only as L-E-A- at that point) was overruled in Matter of L-E-A-II, 27 I&N Dec. 581…