Boards: United States Parole Commission
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various immigration statutes to its three
administrative tribunals: the Board of
Immigration Appeals, the Office of the
Chief Immigration Judge, and the Office
of the Chief Administrative Hearing
Officer.
The Board of Immigration Appeals
has nationwide jurisdiction to hear
appeals from certain decisions made
by immigration judges and by district
directors of the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). In addition, the Board is
responsible for hearing appeals involving
disciplinary actions against attorneys
and representatives before DHS and the
Board.
Decisions of the Board are binding on
all DHS officers and immigration judges
unless modified or overruled by the
Attorney General or a Federal court. All
Board decisions are subject to judicial
review in Federal court. The majority
of appeals reaching the Board involve
orders of removal and applications
for relief from removal. Other cases
before the Board include the removal
of aliens applying for admission to the
United States, petitions to classify the
status of alien relatives for the issuance
of preference immigrant visas, fines
imposed upon carriers for the violation
of the immigration laws, and motions
for reopening and reconsideration of
decisions previously rendered.
The Office of the Chief Immigration
Judge provides overall direction for more
than 200 immigration judges located
in 53 immigration courts throughout
the Nation. Immigration judges are
responsible for conducting formal
administrative proceedings and act
independently in their decisionmaking
capacity. Their decisions are
administratively final, unless appealed or
certified to the Board.
In removal proceedings, an
immigration judge determines whether an
individual from a foreign country should
be admitted or allowed to stay in the
United States or be removed. Judges are
located throughout the United States, and
each judge has jurisdiction to consider
various forms of relief available under the
law, including applications for asylum.
The Office of the Chief Administrative
Hearing Officer is responsible for the
general supervision and management
of administrative law judges who
preside at hearings that are mandated by
provisions of immigration law concerning
allegations of unlawful employment
of aliens, unfair immigration-related
employment practices, and immigration
document fraud.
For further information, contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Executive Office for Immigration
Review, Department of Justice, Falls Church, VA22041. Phone, 703–305–0289. Internet, http://www.usdoj.
gov/eoir.
United States Parole Commission
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone, 301–492–5990. Internet, http://www.usdoj.gov/uspc.
Chairman ISAAC FULWOOD,JR.
The United States Parole Commission
(USPC) makes parole release decisions
for eligible Federal and District
of Columbia prisoners; authorizes
methods of release and conditions
under which release occurs; prescribes,
modifies, and monitors compliance
with the terms and conditions
governing offenders’ behavior while
on parole or mandatory or supervised
release; issues warrants for violation of
supervision; determines probable cause
for the revocation process; revokes
parole, mandatory, or supervised
release; releases from supervision those
offenders who are no longer a risk to
public safety; and promulgates the
rules, regulations, and guidelines for
the exercise of USPC’s authority and
the implementation of a national parole
policy.
USPC has sole jurisdiction over
the following: Federal offenders who
committed offenses before November
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