Orozco Becerra & Orozco Becerra

Citations

• 29 I. & N. Dec. 600

Syllabus

When respondents, including minor respondents, fail to appear for their hearing and the Department of Homeland Security has established that they received proper notice of the hearing and are removable as charged, the Immigration Judge lacks authority to administratively close removal proceedings and must proceed in absentia under section 240(b)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(A) (2018).