Jorge L. Frech v. U.S. Attorney General

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• discussing the applicability of § 1182 waivers to inadmissibility under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act
• finding no due process violation where petitioner argued that IJ’s denial of a change of venue violated his right to counsel even though peti- tioner discharged attorney weeks before the final merits hearing
• explaining Frech had not shown the dismissal of his attorney in Texas “was related to the location of the hearing” or that he had “sought a continuance thereafter for the purpose of obtaining another attorney” in Florida
• “The right to counsel in the immigration context is an integral part of the procedural due process to which the [noncitizen] is entitled.” (quotation marks omitted)
• whether the BIA applied the wrong legal standard is a question of law

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