Opinion ID: 484315
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Heading: Representation of the Government's Position

Text: 12 Deportation hearings before the immigration judge and the BIA almost always satisfy the second requirement. In hearings before the immigration judge, trial attorneys represent the position of the government. 4 Gordon and Rosenfield report that under current practice a trial attorney participates in virtually all current deportation hearings. 1A Gordon and Rosenfield, Immigration Law and Procedure, Sec. 5.7c, at 5.87. The federal regulations require the immigration judge to request a trial attorney in all contested deportation proceedings and in any non-contested proceeding in which issues of law or fact remain. 8 C.F.R. Secs. 242.16(b) & (c) (1986). 5 13 When the BIA holds an oral argument, an official representative from the Office of General Counsel stationed at the Board--the appellate trial attorney--appears and presents arguments on the government's behalf. Appleman, The Appellate Trial Attorney, 20 IN Reporter 1, 2 (1971); 1 Gordon and Rosenfield, Immigration Law and Procedure Sec. 1.10d(8), at 1-86, and Sec. 1.10e(1), at 1-87. In most cases, however, the BIA determines the issue on the basis of briefs submitted by respective counsel. 14 In the present case, the government's position was represented by counsel both in the initial hearing before the immigration judge and on the appeal to the BIA.