Tag Archives: EOIR

The Record: Every Board of Immigration Appeals Precedent Since January 2025

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Mike Baker

This page is the working record behind my essay on the Board of Immigration Appeals. It lists every precedent the Board and the Attorney General have published since January 31, 2025, links each one to the official decision, and marks … Continue reading →

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Matter of Diji: The Board Killed a 25-Year Notice Rule It Didn’t Need To

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Mike Baker

Ifeanyi Diji showed up to collect his green card and learned he had already lost. On June 3, 2025, he walked into his marriage-based adjustment interview, married to a United States citizen, and found out an Immigration Judge had ordered … Continue reading →

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USCIS Can Now Send Asylum Seekers to Immigration Court Without an Interview

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Mike Baker

No Interview, No Hearing, No One Watching By Michael D. Baker Immigration Equality v. Mullin, No. 1:26-cv-02921 (D.D.C. filed Aug. 19, 2026). It challenges Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview, 91 Fed. Reg. 47101 (July 28, 2026). On July 28, the … Continue reading →

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The Board Cuts the Right to Counsel Down to Ten Days

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Mike Baker

In Matter of A-K-R-, the BIA holds that a single ten-day cushion is the only hard time the statute owes you to find a lawyer. Everything after it is a favor. By Michael D. Baker A detained man from India … Continue reading →

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One Judge, One Hundred Respondents, One Morning: Inside DOJ’s “Mega Master” Hearings

Posted on July 9, 2026 by Mike Baker

🏛️ Immigration Court Watch One Judge, One Hundred Respondents, One Morning The Justice Department crams more than a hundred people into a single “mega master” hearing, drags dockets forward by years, and banks on the ones without lawyers to trip. … Continue reading →

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