BAPTIST EDUCATION CENTER

Citations

• 20 I. & N. Dec. 723

Syllabus

BAPTIST EDUCATION CENTER, 20 I&N Dec. 723 (BIA 1993) ID 3210 (PDF) (1) In a proceeding under8 C.F.R. § 292.2(c) (1993) to withdraw recognition of an organizationauthorized to practice before the Immigration and Naturalization Serviceand the Board of Immigration Appeals, an organization seeking to retainits status as a recognized organization must demonstrate by clear, unequivocal,and convincing evidence that it continues to satisfy the requirementsfor recognition under 8 C.F.R. § 292.2(a) (1993). (2) The Board terminatedthe respondent's status as a recognized organization under 8 C.F.R. §292.2(c) (1993), having found that the respondent had not establishedby clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that it was a non-profitorganization, independent of and separate and apart from its founder andrepresentative, Reverend Marc Azard, a non-lawyer who used the respondent'srecognition as a means of continuing his immigration counseling practiceto receive income for himself.