Board of Immigration Appeals says service of charging document on Minor valid
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held that service of an NTA on a minor 14 years of age or older at the time of service is effective, even though notice was not also served on an adult with responsibility for the minor.
Matter of Cubor-Cruz, 25 I&N Dec. 470 (BIA 2011)
BIA Vacates IJ Decision, Finds IJ Made “Inappropriate Remarks”
The BIA found that inappropriate remarks by the IJ called the fairness of the proceedings into question, and that the IJ’s finding that the respondent’s claims were frivolous did not comport with prior BIA precedent. Courtesy of Christopher Helt