ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS UNDER IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWS. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Item #: 152 Published: Washington; U.S. Government Printing Office; Reprinted in 1989. Subjects: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, IMMIGRATION Whether for a practicing immigration attorney in need of current precedent decisions or an immigration law researcher, Administrative Decisions Under Immigration and Nationality Laws is the premier source for U.S. immigration policy and practice. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has been given nationwide jurisdiction to hear appeals from certain decisions made by immigration judges and by district directors of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a wide variety of proceedings in which the Government of the United States is one party and the other party is an alien, a citizen, or a business firm. BIA decisions are binding on all DHS officers and immigration judges unless modified or overruled by the Attorney General or a federal court. Most BIA decisions are subject to judicial review in the federal courts. The majority of appeals reaching the BIA involve orders of removal and applications for relief from removal. The BIA is directed to exercise its independent judgment in hearing appeals for the Attorney General.
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