The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed a respondent's appeal from denial of bond, upholding the immigration judge's determination that he posed a flight risk that no bond amount could mitigate given evidence of inconsistent statements to USCIS and possible involvement in human rights violations in Afghanistan.
The Board held that a USCIS denial of an adjustment application was properly admitted as probative of flight risk despite hearsay objections, since immigration proceedings apply only a fundamental-fairness standard to evidence, and that potentially serious adverse evidence bearing on the respondent's prospects for relief may outweigh favorable equities like lengthy residence and family ties in assessing bond.
The full text of Matter of A-W-M-K- can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1455176/dl?inline