The First Circuit has determined that an Immigration Judge violated an asylum seeker’s right to counsel by only giving her 14 business days to secure counsel after she learned that her bond attorney could not continue representation. In addition, the court noted the many arguments made by counsel in the BIA appeal, which demonstrate that the presence of counsel at the IJ level likely would’ve had a material outcome on the proceedings.
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