The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), on July 13, 2012, ordered the final remand down to the Immigration Court in the case of an alien from Mexico who had been ordered deported many years ago under the representation of other counsel. Hamilton had initially launched several multi-theoried efforts to reopen the alien's proceedings in various immigration tribunals, leading to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Petition for Review which was granted and in which the case was ultimately remanded by the 9th Circuit, to the BIA, in March 2012.
This final remand from the BIA to the Court resets the clock for all purposes on this case, and renders the alien eligible to apply for any and all relief which may be available through the Immigration Court. This case must now work its way back to trial over perhaps as many as two or three years.
The firm is looking forward to continuing the quest on this client's behalf.
By: Maria Rangel
