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Ep. 255 - Precedential Decisions from 3/10/2025 - 3/16/2025 (alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; hardship and one-year filing deadline review: satisfaction of Attorney General; asylum in India - loan sharks and Mann Party; deference) Mar 17, 2025

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Rosa v. Bondi, No. 24-1240 (1st Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard

Wilkinson v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3166 (3d Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; substantial evidence standard of review; psychological harm without experts

Rahman v. Bondi, No. 23-3608 (6th Cir. Mar. 13, 2025)

types of hardship review; Wilkinson; INA § 212(i) waiver; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) waiver; unlawful presence waiver; no adverse credibility review; satisfaction of the Attorney General

Dineshkumar Patel v. Bondi, No. 24-3614 (6th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

fear of loan sharks; extortion; nexus; acquiesce; India

Gulomjonov v. Bondi, No. 21-2844 (7th Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

material change exception to one year asylum filing deadline; Loper Bright; satisfaction of the attorney general; heightened deference; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)(ii); reasonable time; Catholic converts; Uzbekistan

Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9589 (10th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

unable or unwilling to protect; reporting to police; State Department reports; Mann party asylum claim; Sikh; India

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Ep. 254 - Precedential Decisions from 3/3/2025 - 3/9/2025 (LPR as arriving alien; parole; false testimony & good moral character; arson aggravated felony; politics in Nicaragua; political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws) Mar 10, 2025

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Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix; parole

Penaranda v. Bondi, No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)

false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NTA; Wilkinson and non-LPR cancellation of removal

Mohammed v. Bondi, No. 24-3649 (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

arson in violation of VA Code § 18.2-77; malice; INA § 101(a)(43)(E)(i) arson aggravated felony; federal accomplice liability; 18 U.S.C. § 2

Laguna Rivera v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 23-12398 (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

prior precedent rule; persecution of family members; exhaustion; failure to raise arguments to the BIA; considering support affidavits after adverse credibility; harm in the past; political involvement in Nicaragua

Tian v. Bondi, No. 22-6053 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws; pretextual arrest as persecution; pretextual prosecution; police beating; BIA failure to analyze material evidence

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Ep. 253 - Precedential Decisions from 2/24/2025 - 3/2/2025 (exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; Virginia robbery) Mar 03, 2025

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Xia v. Scott, No. 23-3055 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025)

exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; reasoned consideration by BIA

United States v. Parham, No. 23-4249 (4th Cir. Feb. 26, 2025)

crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; physical force; sentence enhancement; robbery in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-58

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Ep. 252 - Precedential Decisions from 2/17/2025 - 2/23/2025 (odd, ends, and immigration news; in absentia motion to reopen; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; notice in foreign language) Feb 24, 2025

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Odd, ends, and immigration news

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El Manyary v. Bondi, No. 22-3102 (8th Cir. Feb. 21, 2025)

in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; hearing notice in foreign language

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Ep. 251 - Precedential Decisions from 2/10/2025 - 2/16/2025 (past persecution - Roma; disfavored group; firearms offense; CIMT & Loper Bright; continuance & diligence; drugs; sua sponte reopening; DV asylum; inadequate medical care) Feb 17, 2025

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Lapadat, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-1745 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

past persecution; being shot; attempted kidnapping; death & rape threats; IJ mischaracterizing testimony; Roma; “gypsies”; pernicious maltreatment; no requirement for lasting injuries; disfavored group analysis for well founded fear; relevance of EU policy

Perez-Perez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-4240 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

FRAP 15(a)(2)(A); listing names of petitioners in case caption

Murillo-Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1997 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2025)

firearms offense; INA § 237(a)(2)(C); antique firearms exception; divisibility; O.R.S. § 166.250; admitted in any status for LPR cancellation; stop-time rule; SIJ status; Supreme Court effectively overruling precedent; criminal mistreatment in violation of O.R.S. § 163.205; CIMT definition & analysis post-Loper Bright

Ikome v. Bondi, No. 22-60606 (5th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

continuance; motion to remand; Patel &Wilkinson; jurisdiction to consider adjustment of status continuance; motion to remand where I-130 approved; due diligence

Porter v. Bondi, No. 24-3125 (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-248; no need for renumeration; CSA felony; methamphetamine isomers; drug divisibility

Sanches Alves v. Bondi, No. 24-1258 (1st Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

domestic violence-type asylum claim; nexus; personal dispute

Phimmady v. Bondi, No. 24-1330 (1st Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

sua sponte motion to reopen due to vacated conviction; BIA settled course of adjudication; using unpublished BIA decisions; diligence

Ferchichi v. Bondi, No. 23-1123 (8th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025)

inadequate medical care; nexus; spina bifida; mixed motive; future persecution; Algeria

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Ep. 250 - Precedential Decisions from 2/3/2025 - 2/9/2025 (BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; procedural or substantive defect; fear of cartels in Mexico; criminal prosecution of immigration attorneys) Feb 10, 2025

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Funez-Ortiz v. McHenry, No. 23-2290 (4th Cir. Feb. 4, 2025)

CAT protection; BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; gangs wearing military uniform; acquiescence; presumption of regularity

Matter of De Jesus-Platon, 29 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 2025)

Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; post-conviction relief; Cal. Pen. Code § 18.5; Matter of Velasquez-Rios; CIMT; Cal. Pen Code § 422; motion to remand; procedural or substantive defect; noncitizen's burden

Becerril-Sanchez v. Bondi, No. 23-3349 (8th Cir. Feb. 6, 2025)

fear of cartels and police in Mexico; harm in utero as past persecution; insufficient threats and beating for past persecution; motion to reopen and women in Mexico

United States v. Greenberg, No. 23-7168 (2d Cir. Feb. 3, 2025)

criminal prosecution of immigration attorneys; 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) ¶ 1; conspiracy to obtain documents through fraud

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Ep. 249 - Precedential Decisions from 1/27/2025 - 2/2/2025 (single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright) Feb 03, 2025

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Matter of Baeza-Galindo, 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025)

single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; temporal limitation; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii); criminal intent

Turner v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-11207 (11th Cir. Jan. 30, 2025)

former INA 321(a)(3); derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright; Skidmore deference

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Ep. 248 - Precedential Decisions from 1/20/2025 - 1/26/2025 (recent thoughts; CAT protection & credibility; crime of violence; general intent crimes; detention - dangerousness, mixed question of law and fact, and substantive due process) Jan 27, 2025

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Aguilar-Quintanilla v. McHenry, No. 24-60142 (5th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)

CAT protection; removal does not moot CAT challenge; ICE facilitating return; suspected gang members in El Salvador; CAT even with adverse credibility; requirement to consider affidavits; requirement to actually consider evidence, rather than simply mention

Villagomez v. McHenry, No. 23-3558 (9th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

crime of violence; general intent crimes; battery resulting in substantial bodily harm under Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.481(2)(b); mens rea; violent force; Johnson; Borden

Martinez v. Clark, No. 21-35023 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2024) (remand)

detention; dangerousness; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; INA § 236

Doe v. Becerra, 732 F.Supp.3d 1071 (N.D. Cal. 2024)

prolonged detention; mandatory detention; conditions of detention; habeas; punitive detention; alternatives to detention; substantive due process

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Ep. 247 - Precedential Decisions from 1/13/2025 - 1/19/2025 (CIMTs & fleeing police; res judicata; electronic notice; indigenous men & nexus; PSG identification on appeal; aggravated felony obstruction of justice; transgender women in Guatemala) Jan 20, 2025

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Ndungu v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 20-2562 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) (en banc)

history of CIMT; transactional view of res judicata; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, in violation of 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3733(a.2)(2); documents to be considered under the categorical approach; divisibility analysis; different punishments; Pennsylvania’s mens rea gap filling statute; hypotheticals

Matter of Arciniegas-Patino, 28 I&N Dec. 883 (BIA 2025)

electronic notice of briefing schedule and deadlines; ECA; duty to check email and SPAM folder; motion to reconsider

Vargas Panchi v. Garland, No. 24-1172 (1st Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

indigenous men in Ecuador; race; nexus; soccer fight; denial of medical care; pattern or practice of persecution

Mateo-Esteban v. Garland, No. 23-3951 (6th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

asserting particular social group for first time on appeal; Matter of W-Y-C- & H-O-B-; children who fear gangs in Guatemala; failure to report harm and CAT protection

Godoy-Aguilar v. Garland, No. 19-70960 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 136.1(c)(1); Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; attempts; preventing arrest

Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, No. 19-60355 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

transgender women in Guatemala; past persecution as a child; rape; BIA fact finding; mixed question of law and fact; failure to conduct pattern or practice analysis