AILA and Partners Submit Amicus Brief on Proper Venue for a Petition for Review

AILA and partners submitted an amicus brief requesting the Second Circuit to deny a motion to transfer venue to the Fifth Circuit, and to consider issuing a precedent decision clarifying that Second Circuit law applies in proceedings venued with the Circuit’s immigration courts, even where noncitizens are produced by video from detention locations outside the circuit. (Berhe v. Wilkinson, 2/25/21)

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• BIA Rules on Failure to File an Application for Relief by Deadline Set by Immigration Judge (Matter of R-C-R-, 28 I&N Dec. 74 (BIA 2020))