Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court. States that such Court shall consist of a 50 judge trial division and a seven judge appellate division. Sets forth jurisdictional provisions. Permits Supreme Court review of immigration appellate division decisions based on a writ of certiorari or on appeal from a holding declaring an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Sets forth appellate review procedures. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an "asylum officer" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make an asylum determination final; (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the h…