In the current immigration environment, individuals who aren’t up to date on policy changes may get left behind in the ever-changing process. If you are currently going though removal proceedings, your best bet is to understand the system and work directly with an attorney to manage the process. That’s where Kantaras Law immigration attorneys come in.
Working with the Board of Immigration Appeals is one part of the process that a Kantaras Law attorney can navigate on your behalf. The point of the Board, an administrative court, is to catch mistakes made by immigration judges. After an immigration judge issues a decision, both the immigrant and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys have a right to appeal that decision.
ICE attorneys appear before these courts to make arguments about why an individual should be removed from the United States, while immigrants – along with their attorney - appear before these courts to make their case about why they should be allowed to stay in the United States.
At the direction of the current administration, the Board of Immigration Appeals published a body of immigration case law that significantly narrows the due process and relief from immigrant removal and deportation. The current administration also decreased the size of the board by nearly half — and appointed new judges to the remaining slate of judges.
In addition, last year alone, the Board’s decisions backed Department of Homeland Security lawyers in 97% of publicly posted cases. The Board has made it harder for immigration courts to offer immigrants bond in lieu of detention, and it has made it easier to deport migrants to countries other than their own. The Board did this in 2025 by quickly pumping out 70 published decisions, a record number of precedent-setting cases.
The bottom line is not to manage this process on your own. Consult with a Kantaras Law immigration attorney to help ensure you and your loved ones have a solid path to relief from removal proceedings.