Attorney General: No Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel in Removal Proceedings

In the waning days of the Bush Administration, Attorney General Michael Mukasey revamped immigration proceedings this week when he ruled that individuals do not have a right to effective assistance of counsel in removal proceedings. Overturning existing precedent, Mukasey’s 34-page decision in Reporting Our Colleagues for Discipline to Save Our Clients from Deportation: An “Ineffective” System is an interesting read especially in light of /files/0/6/4/7/5/167292-157460/3632.pdf”>Matter of Compean, read the New York Times article.