Standard for Pretermission of Asylum Applications and Potential Collateral Relief (Matter of T-A-G-)

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited States

Operative dateJune 23, 2026

CategoryHumanitarian / legal status / removal procedures

Policy toolBinding administrative precedent / adjudication criteria

Affected groupNoncitizens in removal proceedings with defensive asylum claims and pending collateral visa petitions

Policy effect

Establishes binding precedent that an Immigration Judge errs in denying a DHS motion to pretermit an asylum application based on the respondent's potential eligibility for collateral relief pending outside EOIR jurisdiction. Phase scope: Nationwide across all immigration court removal proceedings

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Establishes binding precedent that an Immigration Judge errs in denying a DHS motion to pretermit an asylum application based on the respondent's potential eligibility for collateral relief pending outside EOIR jurisdiction.

Official source excerpt

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The Immigration Judge erred in denying the Department of Homeland Security’s motion to pretermit the respondents’ asylum applications based on their potential eligibility for collateral relief.

justice.govMatter of T-A-G-, et al., 29 I&N Dec. 715 (BIA 2026)Open official source

Retrieved from https://justice.gov/eoir/media/1449081/dl?inline=

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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Standard for Pretermission of Asylum Applications and Potential Collateral Relief (Matter of T-A-G-)

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other United States changes operative in 2026