Santos-Zacaria v. Garland

Decided May 11, 2023. Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-1436 · 598 U.S. 411 · Cited 437 times

Title 8 U. S. C. §1252(d)(1)—which requires noncitizens to “exhaus[t] all administrative remedies . . . as of right” before challenging a Board of Immigration Appeals final order of removal in federal court—is not a jurisdictional provision and does not require noncitizens to request discretionary forms of review.

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