IRAC has released the March 2014 update to its Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Index is organized by subject matter and contains links to helpful rulings selected from an ongoing review of more than 6,000 unpublished BIA decisions. Individuals who have purchased the 2014 edition of Index may download the updated version for

The BIA vacated a decision of the Immigration Judge denying asylum to an Eritrean national who fled national service in Eritrea.  New evidence submitted on appeal demonstrated that Eritrean national service is not a draft in the normal sense and more closely resembles an indefinte program of involuntary servitude.  The BIA’s decision vacated the earlier

By Ben Winograd Our featured unpublished decision for January 2014 involves an issue as important as it is convoluted: when immigration judges may consult conviction records—such as an indictment or plea colloquy—to determine whether a noncitizen was convicted of a removable offense. The issue has attracted particular attention since the Supreme Court’s decision in Descamps

IRAC has released the February 2014 update to its Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Index is organized by subject matter and contains links to helpful rulings selected from an ongoing review of more than 6,000 unpublished BIA decisions. Individuals who have purchased the 2014 edition of Index may download the

IRAC is pleased to issue the 2014 edition of the Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Index was created from an ongoing review of more than 6,000 unpublished BIA decisions, and contains links to hundreds of rulings selected for their potential to assist noncitizens in removal proceedings. Once purchased, the