In re Castro-Lopez

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    The Law Offices of Grinberg & Segal, PLLCAlexander J. SegalJune 13, 2016

    If you are interested in a specific BIA decision, please use our website’s search feature to see if we have discussed it in our growing collection of articles and blog posts about immigration law.The Matter of Y-S-L-C-, 26 I&N Dec. 688 (BIA 2015) [see article]Decided: November 23, 2015 The Board held that it is inappropriate to apply the requirements in the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the admission of expert testimony to a respondent’s testimony regarding events of which he or she has personal knowledge. Furthermore, the Board held that it may remand to a different Immigration Judge if the conduct of an Immigration Judge can be perceived as bullying or hostile.The Matter of Castro-Lopez, 26 I&N Dec. 693 (BIA 2015) [see article]Decided: December 2, 2015The Board held that 10 years of continuous physical presence required for special rule cancellation removal under NACARA [see article] should be measured from the alien’s most recently incurred ground of removal (at least where the ground is listed in 8 C.F.R. 1240.66(c)(1), which references INA 212(a)(2)).