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      "date": "2006-05-08",
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      "title": "Immigration Litigation Reform",
      "summary": "Beginning with the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) and the\nIllegal\nImmigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), legislation and\nadministrative actions have focused on reducing immigration litigation by limiting and streamlining\nboth administrative appeal and judicial review procedures and by rendering aliens in certain\ncategories ineligible for certain types of relief from removal.\n \n Despite these efforts, other changes made by the 1996 Acts increased litigation by expanding\nthe scope of the grounds for inadmissibility and deportation and the definition of aggravated felony,\nwhich effectively further expanded the grounds for deportation. Increased enforcement efforts\ncoupled with the increasing numbers of illegal aliens present in the country have also increased\nlitigation as more aliens are placed in removal proceedings.\n \n In 2002, then-Attorney General Ashcroft implemented procedural reforms in the Board of\nImmigration Appeals [BIA] intended to eliminate the existing BIA backlog of cases and to provide\nfor current efficient disposition of cases. These changes have resulted in a shift of the backlog and\nthe number of appeals to the federal appellate courts.\n \n Changes proposed by  H.R. 4437 ,  S. 2454 ,  S.Amdt. 3192 ,\nand  S. 2611 / S. 2612 , among other bills, would continue the trend of\nstreamlining procedures and limiting immigration litigation, appeals to the Board of Immigration\nAppeals and judicial review.",
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