Admissions Procedures

• • Burden of Proof: clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted
• Many of the grounds of inadmissibility (and deportability) have waivers
• Inadmissibility grounds are interpreted more broadly (deportability grounds are viewed more narrowly with "tighter" interpretation)
• The procedural rights available to an individual will vary depending on where a person is in the process.
• "Due Process" rights do not apply while seeking admission, or may vary depending on where in process, probably only have rights by statute, not Constitution.
  
• Once admitted, one has more rights.
  
• Protection status foggy for those in country illegally.
• These provisions are applied or interpreted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), consular officers, immigration judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and federal judges reviewing these decisions.