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BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN
This week, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) announced that Paul W. Schmidt, the Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, was stepping down from that post effective April 9, 2001.  Schmidt, who has been the Chairman since being appointed to the Board in 1995, will remain a member of the Board.  According to Schmidt, he has spent much of his time on the Board focused on case processing, and would now like to devote himself to hearing cases on a full-time basis.

During this time as Chairman, the Board expanded from 5 to 21 members and issued decisions in more than 130,000 cases, almost 200 of which were designated as precedent decisions, meaning they provide binding statements on immigration law.  During Schmidt’s tenure the Board also developed a unitary Clerk’s Office for filing appeals and changed the procedure by which the entire Board hears a case.  The Board also became more accessible to the public during this time, holding its first sessions outside its home in Virginia.

Until a new Chairman is appointed, Lori L. Scialabba, a current Vice Chairman, will serve as Acting Chairman.

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