The Senate Judiciary committee is discussing Senate Majority Leader’s proposal (S.2454) to add immigration issues to the docket of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. According to the proposed amendment to 8 U.S.C. 1252(b), review of deportation (removal) orders would be vested in the CAFC rather than in the various regional appellate courts.
In other CAFC news, the fee for filing an appeal has been increased from $250 to $450 effective April 9, 2006.
