CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge. In this petition for review from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), we deal with the extent to which ineffective assistance of counsel may constitute “exceptional circumstances ... beyond the control of the alien,” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(l), requiring rescission of an in absentia deportation order and the r…
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