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Supreme Court of the United States Santos-Zacaria v. Garland (2023)

So in the Government’s view, a motion to reconsider is required when it is the only remaining mechanism for presenting a new issue, but not when the noncitizen has already presented every issue to the agency in other ways. [9]
That is not the scheme Congress adopted. Section 1252 (d) (1) does not require noncitizens to give the agency an opportunity to consider an objection using every mechanism available. It requires exhausting only administrative remedies “available ... as of right.” And we do not see how seeking reconsideration can qualify sometimes and not others.
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Supreme Court of the United States Santos-Zacaria v. Garland (2023)

But jurisdictional treatment can result in the opposite: If exhaustion is jurisdictional, litigants must slog through preliminary nonjudicial proceedings even when, for example, no party demands it or a court finds it would be pointless, wasteful, or too slow. Similarly, an exhaustion objection raised late in litigation (as jurisdictional objections can be) might derail “many months of work on the part of the attorneys and the court.” Henderson, 562 U. S., at 434–435 (jurisdictional rules risk “the waste of judicial resources and may unfairly prejudice litigants”) .
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Supreme Court of the United States Santos-Zacaria v. Garland (2023)

Under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (d) (1) , a noncitizen who seeks to challenge an order of removal in court must first exhaust certain administrative remedies. This case presents two questions regarding that statutory provision. For the reasons explained below, we hold that §1252 (d) (1) is not jurisdictional. We hold further that a noncitizen need not request discretionary forms of administrative review, like reconsideration of an unfavorable Board of Immigration Appeals determination, in order to satisfy §1252 (d) (1) ’s exhaustion requirement.
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