Immigration Trial Handbook, 2011 ed.

This practice-oriented guidebook discusses the procedure, techniques, and strategies for representing noncitizens in removal proceedings at the administrative level. It contains practice tips; checklists; cautions concerning pitfalls to avoid; and citations to relevant statutes, regulations, case authorities, practice rules, and agency memoranda. It takes the practitioner step-by-step through the entire administrative process. Beginning with an overview of inadmissibility and deportability, it devotes successive chapters to detailed guidance on preparation for immigration court, custody, preparation for the master calendar hearing, assertion of claims, preparation of evidence and witnesses, conduct of the hearing, and proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals.