Immigration Trial Handbook is a step-by-step, practice-oriented guidebook that discusses the procedure, techniques, and strategies for representing noncitizens in removal proceedings at the administrative level. It contains:
- Practice tips
- Checklists
- Pitfall cautions
- Citations to relevant statutes
- Regulations
- Case authorities
- Practice rules
- Agency memoranda
Beginning with an overview of inadmissibility and deportability, the publication devotes successive chapters to detailed guidance on relevant matters, including:
- Preparation for immigration court
- Custody
- Preparation for the master calendar hearing
- Assertion of claims
- Preparation of evidence and witnesses
- Conduct of the hearing
- Proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals
The publication also covers trial practice under the Executive Office for Immigration Review's Immigration Court Practice Manual.