Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay
BIA
29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2025)
2025
Holding
Respondent's repeated violations of workplace safety regulations resulting in the deaths of two employees are significant adverse factors weighing against a favorable exercise of discretion for purposes of cancellation of removal.
Practitioner Note
Workplace misconduct causing death — even without criminal conviction — can be a decisive adverse discretionary factor in cancellation proceedings.
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