Immigration Review

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Ep. 209 - Precedential Decisions from 4/22/2024 - 4/28/2024 (FTCA; de minimis harm; colorable question of law; time limit on discretion; qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus) Apr 29, 2024

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Queen v. United States, No. 22-30294 (5th Cir. Apr. 24, 2024)

FTCA; prisoner claims; de minimis harm

Ndlovu v. Garland, No. 23-2208 (7th Cir. Apr. 25, 2024)

justification; Patel; colorable question of law; time limit on discretion

Rangel-Fuentes v. Garland, No. 23-9511 (10th Cir. Apr. 23, 2024)

qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus

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Ep. 208 - Precedential Decisions from 4/15/2024 - 4/21/2024 (I-130; sham marriage; overcoming INA § 204(c); exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; reasonable likelihood standard for prima facie case; gender-based asylum claims; social distinction) Apr 22, 2024

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Bristow v. Mayorkas, No. 22 C 991 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 28, 2024)

I-130; sham marriage; overcoming INA § 204(c); persuasiveness of affidavits

Olmedo Martinez v. Garland, No. 23-9593 (10th Cir. Apr. 16, 2024)

non-LPR cancellation of removal motion to reopen; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; reasonable likelihood standard for prima facie case; Wilkinson; medical issues for children

Bustamante-Leiva v. Garland, No. 22-60479 (5th Cir. Apr. 19, 2024)

gender-based asylum claims; religion; social distinction; three-member panel; BIA bias; DHS failure to file brief; gangs; Honduras

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Ep. 207 - Precedential Decisions from 4/8/2024 - 4/14/2024 (CAT deferral; aggregate forms of torture; changed country condition motion to reopen; Chaldean Christian; Iraq; injunction; visa bulletin; denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel) Apr 15, 2024

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Abdulahad v. Garland, No. 22-3743 (6th Cir. Apr. 11, 2024)

CAT deferral; aggregate forms of torture; changed country condition motion to reopen; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; individualized risk; American characteristics; Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF); Chaldean Christian; Iraq

Cheejati, et al. v. Blinken, et al., No. 23-40398 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2024)

injunction; visa bulletin; India; TRO; jurisdiction and review; INA § 245(b); jurisdiction; Patel discretion; retrogression

Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Aug. 11, 2023)

denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla

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Ep. 206 - Precedential Decisions from 4/1/2024 - 4/7/2024 (criminal encouraging violation of immigration law; expedited removal untimely evidence; unable or unwilling to protect in Mexico; collateral estoppel and jurisdiction) Apr 08, 2024

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United States v. Hansen, No. 17-10548 (9th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)

common law specific intent mens rea; solicitation definition; 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and 1324(a)(1)(B)(i); encouraging violation of immigration law

Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024) (amended)

8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency and untimely evidence

Ortega v. Garland, No. 21-3253 (7th Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

unable or unwilling to protect; police investigations; cartel threats; Mexico

Shaiban v. Jaddou, et al., No. 21-2010 (4th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)

collateral estoppel; Patel; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); jurisdiction; INA § 209(b) adjustment; discretion; terrorism

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Special Episode - Interview with Raquel Gomes and Ruby Powers: All About Stafi! Apr 03, 2024

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All about Raquel Gomes & Stafi: Raquel's Linkedin Profile

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Ep. 205 - Precedential Decisions from 3/25/2024 - 3/31/2024 (mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; religion; CIMT; New Jersey second-degree robbery; naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting) Apr 01, 2024

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Khalil v. Garland, No. 23-1443 (1st Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; intertwined reasons; religion; persecution standard; de novo review of government-actor prong of CAT protection; duty to intervene; Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt

Almanzar v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3092 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

second-degree robbery, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:15-1(a); CIMT; Diaz-Lizarraga; transforming generic theft into CIMT; synergy and Matter of Lopez-Meza

Melara v. Mayorkas, 663 F. Supp. 3d 1158 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting; fraudulent or willful misrepresentation

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Ep. 204 - Precedential Decisions from 3/18/2024 - 3/24/2024 (mixed question of law and fact; CIMT & child abuse; nexus & indigenous women; particular social group change on appeal; relocation in India; criminal-alien jurisdictional bar & Nasrallah) Mar 25, 2024

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Wilkinson v. Garland, No. 22-666 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2024)

jurisdiction; INA § 242(a)(2)(B) & (D); Guerro-Lasprilla; mixed question of law and fact; Patel

Gomez-Ruotolo v. Garland, No. 23-1238 (4th Cir. Mar. 20, 2024)

CIMT; categorical approach; electronic solicitation of a minor between seven and fourteen; VA Code § 18.2-374.3(c); attempted sexual battery on a child; VA Code Section 18.2-67.5(c); force; sexual battery by ruse; CAT protection from Venezuela

Sabastian-Andres v. Garland, No. 23-3606 (6th Cir. Mar. 20, 2024)

nexus; indigenous Guatemalan women; Mayan Akateko women

Ferreira v. Garland, No. 23-1543 (1st Cir. Mar. 21, 2024)

BIA change to particular social group; women; nexus; family; Trinidadian women who oppose Trinidad's social norms in that they do not want to be subjected to abuse or violent sexual abuse by family members or significant others based on their gender

Borjas Cruz v. Garland, No. 22-3035 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2024)

nexus; extortion; motivation beyond money; Honduras

Singh v. Garland, No. 22-211 (9th Cir. Mar. 22, 2024)

past persecution standard in the Ninth Circuit; no serious physical harm required; DHS’s relocation burden with Mann party claims and Punjab; India

Tapia Coria v. Garland, No. 22-970 (9th Cir. Mar. 19, 2024)

final order of removal; INA § 242(a)(2)(C); jurisdiction; on the merits review; Nasrallah; motion to remand; administrative closure; Nasrallah implicitly overruling prior precedent

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Ep. 203 - Precedential Decisions from 3/11/2024 - 3/17/2024 (particularly serious crime; prolonged detention; late-filed evidence; criminal conviction definition; asylum one-year filing deadline; family-based PSGs; discretion; credibility; agg fel theft) Mar 18, 2024

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Annor v. Garland, No. 23-1281 (4th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

particularly serious crime; conspiracy to commit money laundering; 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h); N-A-M- process; elements; dangerousness

Vasquez Castaneda v. Perry, et al., No. 22-7365 (4th Cir. Mar. 13, 2024)

prolonged detention; Zadvydas; reasonable foreseeability of removal; withholding-only; reinstatement; INA § 241(a); Guzman Chavez; due process; Mathews; Arteaga-Martinez

Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024)

8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency & untimely evidence; identification purposes only

Wong v. Garland, No. 22-6185 (2d Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)

criminal conviction; CIMT; disorderly persons theft by deception - N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-4 & second-degree forgery - N.Y. Penal Law § 170.10; constitutional safeguards; retroactivity; intent to deceive; Chevron; CIMT constitutionality

Chun Mendez v. Garland, No. 23-1166 (1st Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

exceptional circumstance exception to one-year asylum filing deadline; Mam women in Guatemala; exhaustion

Vasquez-Rivera v. Garland, No. 21-3344 (6th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

family-based particular social group; women; BIA affirming IJ analysis that IJ never made; nexus standard for asylum and withholding; gangs; El Salvador

Guadarrama v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-11065 (11th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

discretion; INA § 212(h) waiver; Arai presumption; review of legal standard notwithstanding Patel; Mendez-Moralez standard

Kalulu v. Garland, No. 21-895 (9th Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)

inconsistency; demeanor; totality; remand notwithstanding adverse credibility; lesbian in Zambia

United States v. Orozco-Orozco, No. 22-50146 (9th Cir. Mar. 12, 2024)

felony carjacking under California Penal Code § 215; intent to steal; victim ownership interest not required for generic theft; fundamentally unfair and § 1326 criminal proceedings

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Ep. 202 - Precedential Decisions from 3/4/2024 - 3/10/2024 (parole; returning removed noncitizens; Mexican business owners; serious nonpolitical crime; retrogression; CAT & South Sudan; claims processing rules; retroactivity) Mar 11, 2024

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Membreno-Rodriguez v. Garland, No. 23-60022 (5th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024)

8 C.F.R. § 212.5(b)(5); applicant for admission; adjustment of status; motion to reopen; termination of parole

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Reyes Galeana v. Garland, No. 24-0043 (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024)

Mexican business owners; particularity; particular social group; social distinction; extortion

Hererra-Elias v. Garland, No. 22-3565 (8th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024)

serious nonpolitical crime; duress; Negusie; drug transportation as a child; MS-13; Honduras

Thigulla v. Jaddou, No. 22-3066 (8th Cir. Mar. 5, 2024)

injunction; visa bulletin; E2; India; TRO; jurisdiction and review; INA § 245(b); jurisdiction; Patel

Yar v. Garland, No. 23-1001 (8th Cir. Mar. 8, 2024)

de novo review of torture; risk of detention; particular showing of torture; South Sudan

Miguel-Pena, et al. v. Garland, No. 22-9580 (10th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024)

exhaustion & mandatory claims processing rules; deficient NTA; forfeiture of objection; anti-gang political opinion; immutability; women business owners in El Salvador

Edwards v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 19-15077 (11th Cir. Mar. 6, 2024) (panel rehearing)

sentence modification; Thomas and Thompson; retroactivity; reasonableness; INA § 103(b)(1); Yu; Chenery; rule of reconciliation; prior panel precedent rule; factual findings, withholding of removal, and Nasrallah

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Special Episode - Interview with Trina Realmuto and Eddie Ramos (National Immigration Litigation Alliance (NILA); TPS employment authorization class action; impact litigation; mentorship) Mar 07, 2024

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All about Trina Realmuto: NILA Profile

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