What jurisdiction does the Attorney General have over removal proceedings?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Maxwell v. Holder, No. 2:14-cv-02772-TLN-AC (E.D. Cal. 2015):
With limited exceptions not relevant here, removal proceedings come within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Attorney General. 8 U.S.C. 1252(g); Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Comm., 525 U.S. 471, 487 (1999).2 A finding of removability defeats an application for naturalization, and the pendency of removal proceedings prevents consideration of an application for naturalization. 8 U.S.C. 1429. Section 1429 provides in pertinent part:
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