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Original Date Announced
July 2, 2019EOIR's final rule on BIA case management did not change existing requirements for affirmances without opinion (AWOs), choosing to retain the language that makes AWOs mandatory and not discretionary. The rule also does not change the requirement that a precedent decision must be approved by the en banc Board.
However, the rule does modify the regulations to authorize cases being reassigned to a three Board Member panel when they involve "a complex, novel, unusual, or recurring issue of law or fact." The rule also "clarifies that the BIA is presumed to have considered all of the parties’ relevant issues and claims of error on appeal regardless of the type of the BIA’s decision, and that the parties are obligated to raise issues and exhaust claims of error before the BIA."
Finally, the rule reassigns the BIA's authority to publish precedent decisions on Recognition and Accreditation (R&A) issues to the Director, tracking the reassignment of R&A review authority to the Director pursuant to 81 Fed. Reg. 92346 (Dec. 19, 2017).
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Board of Immigration Appeals: Affirmance Without Opinion, Referral for Three Board Member Review, and Publication of Decisions as PrecedentsEffective Date
September 3, 2019Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: RuleSubject Matter: Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRPre Trump-Era Policies
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August 26, 2002
Final Rule (2002). This rule finalizes Bush reforms to BIA case management.
Board of Immigration Appeals: Procedural Reforms To Improve Case Management