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**Immigration Case Limits Employer's Ability to End Worker Protection Proceedings** This case involved a dispute over whether immigration authorities could stop certain protection proceedings for a worker who was seeking to remain in the United States. The worker was in "withholding-only" proceedings, which is a type of immigration case where someone asks the government not to send them back to their home country because they might face harm there. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decided that immigration authorities cannot simply choose to end these withholding-only proceedings whenever they want. The court pointed to a specific regulation (8 C.F.R. § 1208.2(c)(3)(i)) that prohibits this kind of discretionary termination. This means once these proceedings begin, they must continue through the proper legal process. **What This Means for Workers:** This ruling protects immigrant workers who are seeking protection from being sent back to dangerous situations. It ensures that once workers start this type of immigration case, authorities cannot arbitrarily shut it down. This provides more stability and due process rights for workers in vulnerable immigration situations, allowing them to fully present their cases for protection without fear of sudden termination of their proceedings.