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United States Board of Immigration Appeals

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) is the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws. It is composed of 11 Board Members, including the Chairman and Vice Chairman who share responsibility for Board management. The Board is located at EOIR headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. Generally, the Board does not conduct courtroom proceedings - it decides appeals by conducting a "paper review" of cases. On rare occasions, however, the Board does hear oral arguments of appealed cases, predominately at headquarters.  Website: www.usdoj.gov/eoir/biainfo.htm
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Matter of V-K-

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Matter of A-S-B-

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Matter of S-A-K- and H-A-H-

Matter of Chen, 20 I&N Dec. 16 (BIA 1989), followed.

5 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America

In re A-T-

26 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America

In re A-K-

5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Family reunification - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Immigration law | Countries: Senegal - United States of America

In re J-B-N- & S-M-

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

In re T-Z-

9 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Family reunification - One-child policy / Family planning - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United States of America

In re K-R-Y- and K-C-S-

4 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Multiple nationality - Safe third country | Countries: United States of America

In re A-M-E & J-G-U-

31 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

In re S-L-L-

The holdings in this case were overruled by the decision of the Attorney General in: Matter of J-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 520 (A.G. 2008).

19 September 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: China - United States of America

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