A new federal regulation aims to cement AG Barr’s power over immigration court decisions
Nate Madden · July 3, 2019
The Trump administration is planning to revive a decade-old proposal that will cement Attorney General William Barr’s say over what goes on in America’s federal immigration courts.
In short, the rule, which was put forward by the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and published in the federal register on Tuesday, codifies the power of the attorney general to decide which immigration court cases will create binding precedent for future immigration decisions, according to information from the DOJ.
An official regulatory document from the Department of Justice explains that the rule itself is not necessarily a new one, but was proposed by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez’s Department of Justice as part of streamlining efforts during the Bush administration in 2006.........
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/new-federal-regulation-aims-cement-ag-barrs-power-immigration-court-decisions/
