The BIA and AG's Systemic Destruction of Noncitizens' Rights in Removal Proceedings

Since the start of the second Trump administration, the Board of Immigration Appeals and Attorney General (BIA/AG) have issued a record number of precedential decisions. From January 31, 2025 through February 13, 2026, the BIA/AG have issued 77 decisions. Of these 77 decisions only one was clearly favorable to the noncitizen. The other decisions have instituted “pretermission,” denying asylum seekers hearings on their cases; narrowed substantive asylum eligibility; narrowed eligibility for protection under the Convention against Torture; and radically altered the rules for bond eligibility.

The attached chart is a handy list of all of these cases, and provides a stark visual of the 98.7% of cases that have denied relief to noncitizens.