Immigration Court Upheaval and How to Cope - 2019

Originally presented on: January 24, 2019

Recent, massive changes in the way the Immigration Court system operates have created a great deal of confusion for Immigration Judges, attorneys, and immigrants themselves. We will go over the cases that have lead to these changes, and talk about strategies for dealing with them. 

• How do immigration Court proceedings even begin? Pereira v. Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018), Matter of Bermudez-Cota, 27 I&N Dec. 441 (BIA 2018), and Matter of W-A-F-C-, 26 I&N Dec. 880 (BIA 2016). 
• What if we need more time? Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018), Matter of L-A-B-R-, 27 I&N Dec. 405 (A.G. 2018), Matter of J-A-B- & I-J-V-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 168 (BIA 2017), Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018) and Matter of W-Y-U-, 27 I&N Dec. 17 (BIA 2017). 
• So you are saying there is a chance? Matter of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018), Matter of W-Y-C-& H-O-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 189 (BIA 2018). 
• What’s next? Matter of M-G-G-, 27 I&N Dec. 469 (A.G. 2018). 

Speakers:  
Jonathan Willmoth, Willmoth Immigration Law, LLC, Kansas City 
Mathew L. Hoppock, Hoppock Law Firm, Overland Park 
 

Note: This program was originally produced as a webinar and is available on demand in streaming audio with streaming video PowerPoint. This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a lawyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for ethics or elimination of bias credit.