Minor Humberto Perez-Vargas v. Alberto R. Gonzales, American Immigration Law Foundation, Amicus Supporting

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that immigration courts may conduct factfinding related to employment-based adjustment applications as a consequence of their “exclusive jurisdiction” under 8 C.F.R. § 1245.2(a)(1)
• noting that § 11540 \permits an application for adjustment of status to remain pending\ in certain circumstances
• noting that “[w]e review de novo the legal conclusions of the BIA,” but “give substantial deference to an agency’s interpretations of its own regulations”
• explaining the source of the error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).