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Event Announcement	Events > Event Announcement

Reform of Board of Immigration Appeals

Event Summary

In August 2002, the Attorney General ordered dramatic changes in the Board of Immigration Appeals in order to clear a 56,000 case backlog. These changes included an expedited appeals process, under which an immigrant’s appeal may be rejected by a single member of the Board, as well as a decision to substantially reduce the size of the Board once the backlog is eliminated. The new process is currently being challenged in federal court. There also are unofficial reports that five members of the Board will lose their positions when the reduction plans are implemented.

WHO:

Philip Schrag, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the Center’s Asylum Law Program
Lory Rosenberg, Director of the Defending Immigrants Partnership at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and a former member of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Thomas Sydnor, Attorney at Arnold and Porter
Moderator: Alex Aleinikoff, Senior Associate, MPI, and Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University

WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 8:30-10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Resources for the Future Conference Room Center (Conference Room A, ground floor) 1400 16th Street, NW

RSVP: Ana Claros at (202) 266-1940 or aclaros@migrationpolicy.org