Immigration Review

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Ep. 226 - Precedential Decisions from 8/19/2024 - 8/25/2024 (asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence) Aug 26, 2024

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Aben v. Garland, No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024)

Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; Cameroon

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Ep. 225 - Precedential Decisions from 8/12/2024 - 8/18/2024 (vacated criminal conviction & reopening; murder; voluntary departure; temporary BIA members; nexus; police reports & discretion) Aug 19, 2024

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Bent v. Garland, No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)

Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance

United States v. Manzano, No. 23-6073 (10th Cir. Aug. 13, 2024)

generic definition of murder; Oklahoma second degree murder in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.8; killing in commission of a non-dangerous felony

Bernardo-De La Cruz v. Garland, No. 21-1621 (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)

voluntary departure; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.26(i); temporary BIA member; Appointment’s Clause; not considering relocation hardship when children will remain for non-LPR cancellation; legal error and “completely ignored” evidence

Penafiel-Peralta v. Garland, No. 23-1959 (1st Cir. Aug. 12, 2024)

mixed motive; nexus; land dispute; family membership; Ecuador

Lemus-Aguilar v. Garland, No. 23-1799 (1st Cir. Aug. 12, 2024)

nexus; single, Salvadoran mothers with no familial protection; criminal gang activity; El Salvador

Charles v. Garland, No. 23-1857 (1st Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)

review of the BIA’s denial of sua sponte reopening; failure to consider medical evidence; unpublished BIA decisions

Rosa v. Garland, No. 22-1523 (1st Cir. Aug. 16, 2024)

adjustment of status; uncorroborated police reports; failure to follow BIA precedent; uncorroborated police reports to deny discretionary relief; Matter of Arreguin; Matter of Thomas; Fifth Amendment right not to testify when criminal charges pending

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Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility) Aug 12, 2024

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Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9)

Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel

United States v. Munoz, No. 22-11574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

denaturalization; clearly erroneous; collateral estoppel; judicial estoppel; date of conspiracy and other criminal indictments; necessary for conviction

Joshi v. Garland, No. 23-1236 (4th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)

involuntary mental health confinement as persecution; prosecution as persecution; parens patriae; electroconvulsive therapy

Garcia Cortes v. Garland, No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; review of whether IJ considered all evidence; rejecting expert therapist opinion and predictive findings

Bustos-Millan v. Garland, No. 21-2889 (7th Cir. Aug. 6, 2024)

attorney unpreparedness; ineffective assistance of counsel; continuance; due process

Lafortune v. Garland, No. 23-1617 (1st Cir. Aug. 5, 2024)

particularly serious crime; N-A-M- two-step analysis; elements based approach not required; conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; CAT claims and Haiti

Gonzalez-Arevalo v. Garland, No. 23-1341 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

nexus; gang retribution against family; relying on speculative noncitizen testimony; mixed motive; Guatemala

De Oliveira Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-2081 (1st Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)

adverse credibility; omissions from credible fear interview; omissions from written affidavit; failure to corroborate; inconsistencies

Tista-Ruiz de Ajualip v. Garland, No. 23-3274 (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2024)

IJ and BIA independent duty to review the record for viable PSG and anti-circularity; Matter of A-B-; domestic violence; Matter of W-Y-C-& H-O-B-; unable or unwilling; Guatemala

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Ep. 223 - Precedential Decisions from 7/29/2024 - 8/4/2024 (challenging DHS regulations; material support of terrorism & due process; naturalization delay; particularly serious crime; mental health issues; past persecution & Mann party) Aug 05, 2024

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Save Jobs USA v. DHS, No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)

challenging DHS regulations; Washtech; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis

Jani v. Garland, No. 22-1397 (1st Cir. July 30, 2024)

material support of terrorism bar to asylum; fundamental fairness and due process; indiscernible transcript Jemaah Islamiya; appeal of only derivative grant but not lead grant; Chinese ethnicity; Indonesia

Dubon v. Jaddau, No. 22-2280 (4th Cir. July 29, 2024)

INA § 336(b); naturalization delay; remand to the agency; interlocutory appeal

G. C. v. Garland, No. 21-1228 (9th Cir. July 30, 2024)

particularly serious crime; consideration of mental health issues; felony assault in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(4); torture in the U.S.; fear of parent; Los Zetas; Mexico

Kumar v. Garland, No. 23-308 (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)

past persecution standard in the Ninth Circuit; no serious physical harm required; Mann party claims and Punjab; BJP; Sikh; India

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Ep. 222 - Precedential Decisions from 7/22/2024 - 7/28/2024 (administrative notice of foreign law; credibility; derivative citizenship; best interests of the child; asylum & Angola; PFR venue; bonafide Egyptian marriage & pro se respondents) Jul 29, 2024

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Shen v. Garland, No. 16-71315 (9th Cir. July 24, 2024)

administrative notice of foreign law; forced abortion; 2003 change in law for Chinese premarital checkups; exhaustion of sub-arguments; Alam; credibility; mistaken memory may lead to change in testimony; DHS misstating facts on cross-examination

Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland, No. 22-507 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024)

derivative citizenship; former INA § 321 (repealed); Cheneau; paternity established by legitimation; Baja California Mexico Code

Gonzalez-Rivas v. Garland, No. 21-3364 (8th Cir. July 23, 2024)

hardship standard; best interests of the child; mixed question of law and fact; Wilkinson

L.N. v. Garland, No. 23-60203 (5th Cir. July 25, 2024)

standards of review; reweighing evidence; asylum; CAT analysis in the aggregate; Angola

Castillo v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 23-2123 (3d Cir. July 24, 2024)

petition for review venue; Matter of Garcia; filing of NTA; Costello

Sandoval Reynoso v. Garland, No. 23-2480 (7th Cir. July 23, 2024)

non-LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; Patel; Kucana; Wilkinson

Elgebaly v. Garland, No. 24-0154 (6th Cir. July 23, 2024)

Form I-751 waiver petitions; good faith marriage; Egyptian marriage; credibility; duty to develop record with pro se respondents; motion to reopen; Jarkesy

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Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Ira Kurzban (important cases from the Supreme Court's 2023-2024 Term; state of the judiciary; Immigrants' List & immigration advocacy) Jul 25, 2024

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All about Ira Kurzban and Immigrants' List:

Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/
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Ep. 221 - Precedential Decisions from 7/15/2024 - 7/21/2024 (flight from ethnic cleansing & genocide; gang recruitment & PSGs; CIMT & prostitution; I-213 reliability; unfulfilled threat doctrine) Jul 22, 2024

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Paye v. Garland, No. 23-1426 (1st Cir. July 17, 2024)

flight from ethnic cleansing and genocide as past persecution; INA § 242(a)(2)(C) jurisdiction

Ramos-Gutierrez v. Garland, No. 23-1885 (1st Cir. July 18, 2024)

particularly social group; nexus; circularity; example of what happens when you report on gangs in El Salvador

Ortega-Cordova v. Garland, No. 22-1700 (4th Cir. July 16, 2024)

evolving definition of CIMT; solicitation of prostitution in violation of VA Code § 18.2-346(B); federal definition of a felony; 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a)

Vera Punin v. Garland, No. 22-6275 (2d Cir. July 16, 2024)

I-213; clear and convincing evidence; exhaustion of arguments; inherently reliable; alienage burden; temporary BIA member appointment exceeding six months

KC v. Garland, No. 20-3043 (2d Cir. July 17, 2024)

unfulfilled-threat doctrine; cumulative or aggregate past persecution analysis; death threats; aggravating factors; threats against family

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Ep. 220 - Precedential Decisions from 7/8/2024 - 7/14/2024 (naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional LPR; pre-trial detention; confined as a result of conviction; persecution; continuance; admin close) Jul 15, 2024

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Azumah v. USCIS, No. 22-2175 (4th Cir. July 9, 2024)

naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 8 C.F.R. § 316.2(b); applicant for admission

Bador v. Garland, No. 22-6492 (2d Cir. July 11, 2024)

INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional permanent resident; INA § 216(c)(4)(B); I-751; Vasquez v. Holder; bonafide marriage; Matter of Bador

Aguilar v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 18-3320 (3d Cir. July 10, 2024)

pre-trial detention; “confined as a result of conviction”; good moral character; INA § 101(f)(7); de novo review post-Chevron

Calvo-Tino v. Garland, No. 23-3212 (8th Cir. July 12, 2024)

past persecution; inadequate medical facilities; failure to show persecutory intent; Guatemala

Alkotof v. Garland, No. 22-10863 (11th Cir. July 12, 2024)

continuance; administrative closure; prejudice; discretionary relief; U-visa; I-130 revocation

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Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Eric Lee (lead counsel on the recent doctrine of consular nonreviewability Supreme Court case, Munoz v. Dept. of State) Jul 11, 2024

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Law Firm Website (Diamante Law): https://www.diamantelaw.com/meet-our
Email: elee@diamantelaw.com

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Ep. 219 - Precedential Decisions from 7/1/2024 - 7/7/2024 (car jacking; crime of violence - physical force & mens rea; climate refugees; 212(c) relief; Wilkinson review; mixed motive, nexus, Christians & gangs; adjustment of status in district court) Jul 08, 2024

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Gutierrez v. Garland, Nos., 22-554, 21-130 (9th Cir. July 2, 2024)

carjacking in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 215(a); aggravated felony crime of violence; crime involving moral turpitude; statute silent on mens rea; Borden; California robbery; res judicata

Cruz Galicia v. Garland, No. 23-1910 (1st Cir. July 1, 2024)

climate refugees; particular social group; review by three member panel; Guatemala

Williams v. Garland, No. 20-2074 (1st Cir. July 2, 2024)

former INA § 212(c) relief; ignoring testimony; departure from regular BIA practice; sexual abuse of a minor and discretion

Garcia Carrera v. Garland, No. 22-6319 (2d Cir. July 3, 2024)

non-LPR cancellation of removal; hardship considered cumulatively; Wilkinson

Rivera, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-2351 (8th Cir. July 5, 2024)

nexus; mixed-motive religion standard favorable to noncitizens; evangelical Christian; preaching to gang members; Chicas-Machado; temporary BIA members and Attorney General authority; MS-13; El Salvador

Hatchet v. Andrade, et al., No. 23-5920 (8th Cir. July 3, 2024)