S.1201

Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025 establishes a procedure for aliens to claim ineffective assistance of counsel in immigration matters.

The Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025 amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow aliens to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in immigration matters. Aliens can claim that their prior counsel's performance was deficient and that this deficiency prejudiced their immigration proceeding. The bill defines "immigration matter" to include any stage of an exclusion, deportation, or removal proceeding, and "prejudice" to mean errors by counsel that deprived the alien of a fair immigration proceeding.