Responding to Motions to Pretermit Asylum Applications In April 2025, EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen issued Policy Memo (PM) 25-28 granting immigration judges explicit authority to “pretermit”—effectively summarily dismiss—asylum applications deemed legally insufficient without holding a hearing
PRETERMISSION OF LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM ending cases on EOIR’s docket, that has not been happening Accordingly, this Policy Memorandum (PM) makes clear that adjudicators are not prohibited from taking—and, in fact, should take—all appropriate action to immediately resolve cases on their dockets that do not
The Board of Immigration Appeals Allows Pretermission of Asylum . . . In immigration law, to pretermit an application means to decide it without holding a full hearing on the merits, usually because the claim fails to meet a basic legal requirement even if all the facts are assumed true
PRETERMIT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com To pretermit is to overlook or omit something In an effort to make a family dinner pleasant, your parents might pretermit any discussions of sensitive or controversial issues that might lead to arguments
Pretermission in Immigration Court: What It Means and How to Fight It . . . In immigration court, “pretermission” is a procedural tool an Immigration Judge (IJ) can use to throw out a specific application for relief — most commonly an asylum application — without holding a full hearing For the person seeking protection, it can feel like the floor just gave way
08. 27. 25_Avoiding Pretermission_with TOC - nipnlg. org As the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) continues to face millions of pending cases, the Trump administration’s EOIR has opened the door for its adjudicators to pretermit asylum cases—deny applications without a hearing—as a purported solution to the growing backlog
Pretermission in Asylum Cases — RIF Asylum Support Pretermission means that an Immigration Judge decides an asylum case without allowing the person to have a full hearing or present additional evidence This can happen before the asylum seeker has the opportunity to testify or explain their case in detail