GARCIA-REYES

Interim Decision #3091 MATTER. OF GARCIA-REYES In Deportation Proceedings A-26335133 Decided by Board November 30, 1988 (1) An immigration judge should not grant, sua sponte, a 6-month continuance to enable a respondent to show rehabilitation where it had not been shown that he was eligible for any form of relief from deportation for which rehabilitation would be relevant. (2) A. deportation hearing should be recorded verbatim, except for certain off-the- record statements or where the immigration judge, in his discretion, excludes ar- guments relating to motions, applications, requests, or…