This final rule amends 8 CFR 3.25 by codifying an Immigration Judge's discretion to enter an order of deportation or exclusion without a hearing if satisfied that the alien voluntarily entered into a plea-negotiated or otherwise stipulated request for an order of deportation or exclusion. It further codifies the practice of Immigration Judges conducting telephonic hearings in deportation, exclusion, or recission cases, and codifies the authority of the Immigration Judge to hold video electronic media hearings. The proposed rule also clarifies the language in Sec. 3.25(a) to conform with in absentia hearing provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act (the ``Act''), 8 U.S.C. 1252, 1252b.
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