Bolivar-Bolivar

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29 I&N Dec. 548

(BIA 2026) Interim Decision #4180 Matter of John BOLIVAR-BOLIVAR, Respondent Decided April 10, 2026 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals Where the respondent is charged with being in the United States without having been admitted or paroled, neither the alien nor the Department of Homeland Security appears at the hearing, and the record contains evidence of alienage, the Immigration Judge errs in terminating removal proceedings rather than proceeding with an in absentia hearing. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Pro se FOR THE…