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The Summary Affirmance Proposal Of The Board Of Immigration Appeals, Philip G. Schrag Jan 1998

The Summary Affirmance Proposal Of The Board Of Immigration Appeals, Philip G. Schrag

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The Board of Immigration Appeals is on the verge of making a tragic mistake, trading away a key element of fair adjudication--the written opinion--for the sake of what it hopes will be greater administrative efficiency. The cost of eliminating written adjudication is too great, and the Board has given no indication that it has sufficiently canvassed less drastic alternatives.

The Board of Immigration Appeals (the "Board") is the primary appellate body for immigration law. The "staple" of its work is to decide appeals from decisions of Immigration Judges in removal proceedings, though it also hears appeals in several other categories, …