Tag Archives: Board of Immigration Appeals

The Board of Immigration Appeals, which is a component of the Department of Justice’s EOIR, is the highest administrative review panel for U.S. immigration law.

December 12, 2023

Dec 2023

Adding EOIR BIA Decisions to Zotero

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.

October 19, 2023

Oct 2023

Analyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I study a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision wherein the BIA held a Jewish man from Egypt would face persecution on account of his religion.

April 25, 2022

Apr 2022

Noncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Examining two immigration precedents on the ability of noncitizen nationals to file visa petitions.

January 22, 2022

Jan 2022

“A Strange Admixture of Contentions” – Study of a Phrase

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“Respondent has come forth with a strange admixture of contentions.”

June 8, 2020

Jun 2020

Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) – BIA Hong Kong Precedent

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Studying a long-forgotten 1967 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision denying an application from withholding of deportation filed by an alien from Hong Kong.

May 17, 2020

May 2020

The Matter of Great Wall – But Not Those Walls

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A post on an immigration issue involving a great wall. However, this is not about proposals for a border wall, but instead about an immigration precedent decision titled Matter of Great Wall, 16 I&N Dec. 156 (Acting R.C. 1977).