8 U.S.C. § 1362 — Right to counsel
submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 51 words · no verdicts yet
In removal proceedings before an immigration judge and appeals to the Attorney General, the person may choose a qualified lawyer. The Government does not pay for that lawyer.
In removal proceedings before an immigration judge, and in an appeal to the Attorney General* from those proceedings, the person involved may be represented by a lawyer the person chooses who is authorized to practice in those proceedings. The Government does not have to pay for the lawyer.
In any removal proceedings before an immigration judge and in any appeal proceedings before the Attorney General* from any such removal proceedings, the person concerned shall have the privilege of being represented (at no expense to the Government) by such counsel, authorized to practice in such proceedings, as he shall choose.
Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 292, 66 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §§ 308(d)(4)(O), 371(b)(9), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–619, 3009–645.)
- 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 235
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-208 · 110 Stat. 3009
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 477 on 1952-06-27.
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