GARCIA-REYES

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 830

Syllabus

GARCIA-REYES, 19 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 1988) ID 3091 (PDF) (1) An immigration judge should not grant, sua sponte, a 6-month continuance to enable a respondent to show rehabilitation where it had not been shown that he was eligible for any form of relief from deportation for which rehabilitation would be relevant. (2) A deportation hearing should be recorded verbatim, except for certain off-the-record statements or where the immigration judge, in his discretion, excludes arguments relating to motions, applications, requests, or objections, in which case briefs may be submitted. (3) Objections to rulings of the immigration judge should be made on the record, or they cannot be adequately preserved for appeal.