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A removal case runs from the Notice to Appear through master calendar and individual hearings: how judges rule on asylum, BIA precedents, missed hearings.
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Five steps an immigration lawyer checks before a removal hearing: full immigration history, agency errors, family ties, and humanitarian relief like U visa, VAWA, T status.
You get 30 days to appeal after an immigration judge denies asylum. File on time and you can legally stay and work in the US while the appeal is pending.
Yes, but only within 5 years of approval through rescission. After that, USCIS can still issue a deportation notice — here's how it happens via N-400.
No: a pending I-485 or asylum application alone does not stop ICE without lawful status. What changed in enforcement and court rulings as of October 2026.
US immigration courts belong to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice, not to the federal judiciary. Their decisions can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), whose published precedents bind every immigration judge.
A case starts with a Notice to Appear, then a short master calendar hearing and later an individual hearing on the merits. ICE attorneys represent the government, and failing to appear usually results in an in absentia removal order.
A BIA decision can be taken further by a petition for review in the federal court of appeals for the relevant circuit. Judges can grant relief as well as order removal, including asylum, cancellation of removal and voluntary departure. The courts' backlog runs into the millions, so years can pass between the first hearing and a decision.