Quick Guide: Defending SIJS Clients in Removal Proceedings

This practice advisory, authored with our partners at the End SIJS Backlog Coalition, Children's Immigration Law Academy, National Immigration Project, and Safe Passage Project, offers strategies at every stage of an SIJS client’s removal proceedings to advocate against the client’s removal and to preserve the record for appeal, including:

Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Apr 3, 2025 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from Immigrant Legal Resource Center on Removal Defense; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.

Topics

Removal defense BIA appeals Special immigrant Children and SIJS

Workflows

Immigration court deadline BIA, PFR, and federal court Children and SIJS

Forums

Immigration court BIA

Jurisdictions

National