Porfirio Romero-Morales v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• holding that the Immigration Judge and the Board are required to “‘consider the record as a whole [and] issue a reasoned opin- ion’ when considering a motion” (quoting Anderson v. McElroy, 953 F.2d 803, 806 (2d Cir. 1992)
• finding that the statute and regulations afforded considerable room for the exercise of discretion consistent with equitable and humanitarian concerns
• stating that rules regarding in absentia hear- ings should be carefully applied to avoid conflict with statutory or constitu- tional rights
• finding that an Immigration Judge was not precluded from considering a pending change of venue motion in a case where counsel appeared at the scheduled deportation hearing on the alien’s behalf
• finding “disquieting” the Immigration Judge’s “failure to examine the particulars of the case before him”
• identifying the alien’s good faith reliance on counsel and the availability of relatives to testify on his behalf as factors that could contribute to a finding that extraordinary circumstances exist

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