Immigration Hardship Spectrum
IMMIGRATION HARDSHIP SPECTRUM
SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION
Extreme Hardship
CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL (BIA VERSION)
Exceptional & Extremely Unusual Hardship
CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL (PLAIN LANGUAGE)
Exceptional & Extremely Unusual Hardship
Hardship is an important requirement in deportation and removal defense cases.
The top two graphs show the difference in how immigration courts have analyzed hardship in older suspension of deportation cases and newer cancellation of removal cases.
The third graph, the plain language analysis of hardship, illustrates how immigration lawyer Carlos Batara believes immigration courts have erred in their interpretation of the newer cancellation of removal hardship standard.
For more information on interpreting these graphs, see Deportation And Removal Defense: How To Understand Hardship.










