There is that old story of a person stopping in a small town to ask directions outside an old general store. An old man on the porch of that store, when asked how to get to the destination, says “you can’t get there from here.” It seems that the District Court in Texas is having the same problem understanding …
The “New” Standard for Voluntary Departure–Stay in Jail AND Pay Your Own Ticket Home!
Matter of M-A-S, 24I&N Dec. 762 (BIA 2009), a new case was decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) on March 19, 2009, holds that, “[a]n Immigration Judge may order an alien detained until departure as a condition of a grant of voluntary departure”. In this case, the respondent was denied his claim for asylum and as a condition …