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Relief in Removal Hearings: Part V: Relief under former INA Section 212(c).

Former INA section 212(c) permitted the Attorney General to admit into the United States, in his discretion, certain lawful permanent residents who had an unrelinquished domicile of seven consecutive years. The seven years can be accumulated up to the point that the administrativ...

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Relief in Removal Hearings: Part IV: Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents.

One of the best sections of the INA relating to relief in removal proceedings is cancellation of removal for (certain) permanent resident aliens, which is a discretionary form of relief. An alien is one of the "certain" permanent residents if he is not ineligible for relief, has...

Relief in Removal Hearings: Part III: Voluntary Departure at the Conclusion of Removal Proceedings.

At the conclusion of removal proceedings the Immigration Judge may grant voluntary departure for a period not to exceed sixty days. The alien must be physically present in the United States for at least one year preceding the date of service of the Notice to Appear. An arriving a...

Relief in Removal Hearings: Part II: Voluntary Departure Prior to Completion of Proceedings

Voluntary Departure Prior to Completion of Proceedings. To be eligible for voluntary departure the maximum period of 120 days, the alien must not have been convicted of an aggravated felony and not be deportable under the security and related provisions of 237(a)(4). The al...

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Relief in Removal Hearings: Part I: Voluntary Departure (Generally)

If DHS is able to establish that the alien is subject to removal on either a ground of inadmissibility or deportability, the immigration judge will enter an order of removal unless the alien is capable of establishing that he or she is eligible to apply for some type of relief fr...

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