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The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled recently and as a result clarified in the case of Matter of Martinez-Serrano, 25 I&N Dec. 151 (BIA 2009) that a conviction for Alien Smuggling is not necessary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to charge a foreign national with a ground of deportability under section 237(a)(1)(E)(i) – (Alien [...]

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), has made accessible to the public the Immigration Judge Benchbook. The pubic can now view the various reference materials Immigration Judges across the country use when rendering their decisions in deportation cases.
The Benchbook was initially established in 1985 as a reference guide for Immigration Judges. In 2007, it was updated to bring together legal reasoning with [...]

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced today that ten immigration judges were sworn in on April 24, 2009 at the EOIR Headquarters in Falls Church, Va.
The judges were appointed by the Attorney General and they now join the ranks of over 220 immigration judges located throughout the 50 immigration courts nationwide.
What Immigration Judges [...]

Judge Chapman was appointed as an immigration judge in March 2008. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1979 from Arkansas Tech University and a juris doctorate in 1986 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
From 2003 to March 2008, Judge Chapman served as deputy general counsel, Office of the General Counsel, EOIR.
From [...]

Judge Earle B. Wilson
FY 2002 – 2007, Orlando Immigration Court
Judge Wilson was appointed as an Immigration Judge in October 2005.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 from Atlantic Union College, and a Juris Doctorate in 1989 from Howard University School of Law.
Judge Wilson served as a senior litigation counsel from January 2003 to [...]