BIA Overrules Arrabally: Advance-Parole Travel Can Trigger the Unlawful-Presence Bar
By Cyrus Mehta, Damira Zhanatova and Kaitlyn Box On August 13, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of DelCarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026), a decision that immediately changes how practitioners and noncitizens should evaluate advance-parole travel. The Board held that when a person departs the United States under a grant of […]
