Z-R-C-N

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29 I&N Dec. 523

(BIA 2026) Interim Decision #4175 Matter of Z-R-C-N-, et al., Respondents Decided March 18, 2026 1 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) A respondent cannot succeed on her ineffective assistance of counsel claim where the individual she hired was not an attorney and did not hold himself out to be one. (2) The minor respondents’ eligibility for adjustment of status based on an approved special immigrant juvenile petition is speculative considering the 4-year delay in visa availability, and they have not…