7.1 - Overview

While the vast majority of proceedings conducted by Immigration Judges are removal proceedings, Immigration Judges have jurisdiction over other kinds of proceedings as well.  This chapter provides a brief overview of these other kinds of proceedings.  They include:

• deportation proceedings and exclusion proceedings
• rescission proceedings
• limited proceedings, including:
• credible fear proceedings
• reasonable fear proceedings
• claimed status review
• asylum-only proceedings
• withholding-only proceedings
• streamlined removal proceedings

Removal proceedings are discussed in Chapter 4 (Hearings before Immigration Judges). Additional proceedings conducted by Immigration Judges are discussed in the following chapters:

Chapter 9                         Detention and Bond

Chapter 10                       Discipline of Practitioners