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BIA Outlines Framework for IJs to Analyze Cases in Which Issues of Mental Competency Are Raised

In Matter of M-A-M-, 25 I. & N. Dec. 474 (B.I.A. May 4, 2011), a panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) held that (1) aliens in immigration proceedings are presumed to be competent and, if there … Continue reading

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