IMMIGRATION LAW -- STATUTORY INTERPRETATION -- SEVENTH CIRCUIT DEFERS TO AGENCY INTERPRETATION OF EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS. -- Ali v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 737 (7th Cir. 2008).

The article discusses the court case, Ibrahim Ali versus Michael B. Mukasey, in which the Seventh Circuit gave in to a statutory interpretation put forth by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the U.S. The court held that an immigration court could consider additional evidence beyond the charging papers and judgment of conviction. This decision countermanded conflicting Seventh Circuit precedents, elucidating that administrative discretion belongs to the agency rather than to the court.