AILA: Recent BIA Ruling Pulls Rug Out from Under Families, Workers, and Dreamers
Yesterday, the BIA issued Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, overruling Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly and upending 14 years of settled law concerning departures under advance parole and the unlawful presence bars. In a press statement, AILA President Jeff Joseph warned, “This ruling flipflops on 14 years of well-settled law and policy,” adding that the decision “punishes people for following the rules” and “puts people at risk of being barred from the United States and separated from family for years if they leave and then try to re-enter—even if they have paid for and been granted permission to travel.”