Immigration Advocates Slam Last-Minute Mukasey Rule
Asylum Seekers Cannot Appeal Lawyer Incompetence
By Daphne Eviatar 2/24/09 6:00 AM

On January 7, just two weeks before the inauguration of President Obama, Attorney General Michael Mukasey ruled that immigrants have no right to be represented by a lawyer, and no right to appeal an adverse ruling based on a lawyer’s mistakes.

“Neither the Constitution nor any statutory or regulatory provision,â€