United States Parole Commission

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various immigration statutes to its three

administrative tribunals: the Board of

Immigration Appeals, the Off‌i ce of the

Chief Immigration Judge, and the Off‌i ce

of the Chief Administrative Hearing

Off‌i cer.

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 off‌i cers and immigration judges

unless modif‌i ed 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, f‌i nes

imposed upon carriers for the violation

of the immigration laws, and motions

for reopening and reconsideration of

decisions previously rendered.

The Off‌i ce 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 f‌i nal, unless appealed or

certif‌i ed 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 Off‌i ce of the Chief Administrative

Hearing Off‌i cer 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 Off‌i ce of Legislative and Public Affairs, Executive Off‌i ce for Immigration

Review, Department of Justice, Falls Church, VA 22041. 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, modif‌i es, 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

1, 1987; D.C. Code offenders who