This final rule transfers the responsibility for maintaining the list of organizations providing free legal services in immigration proceedings from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, and amends the regulations by permitting attorneys who provide free legal services to indigent aliens to apply to be included on the list. The rule also amends the regulations by transferring appellate jurisdiction from the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, INS, to the Board of Immigration Appeals for appeals from decisions on applications to be included on the list of free legal services providers and from decisions on removals from such a list. Finally, this rule will further implementation of section 604(d)(4) of the recently enacted Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 by requiring that the list of free legal services providers maintained by the Chief Immigration Judge include a list of persons who have indicated their availability to represent aliens in asylum proceedings on a pro bono basis.
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