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Ep. 191 - Precedential Decisions from 12/18/2023 - 12/25/2023 (Happy Holidays!; I-751; removal of conditional LPR status; IJ authority to terminate; Texas aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon) Dec 25, 2023

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Matter of H. N. Ferreira, 28 I&N Dec. 765 (BIA 2023)

I-751; removal of conditional LPR status; IJ authority to terminate

Delgado-Victorio v. Garland, No. 23-60102 (5th Cir. Dec. 18, 2023)

aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon in violation of Tex. Penal Code § 22.021(a)(1)(A) & (2)(A)(iv); Borden and mens rea; crime of violence; good cause for a continuance

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Ep. 190 - Precedential Decisions from 12/11/2023 - 12/17/2023 (crimmigration week!; child endangerment; crime of violence - psychological force, intent, violent force, de minimus force & aggravated assault; Iowa, Puerto Rico & Pennsylvania crimes) Dec 18, 2023

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United States v. Trice, No. 23-1406 (8th Cir. Dec. 12, 2023)

least culpable conduct criminalized by Iowa Code § 726.6(1)(a); child endangerment; general intent definition; witnessing assault

U.S. v. Menendez-Montalvo, No. 22-1687 (1st Cir. Dec. 12, 2023)

crime of violence; Article 3.1 of Puerto Rico's Domestic Violence Law; psychological abuse; intent vs. actual force; Johnson; Stokeling; slight or de minimus force

U.S. v. Amos, No. 20-3298 (3d Cir. Dec. 14, 2023)

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2702(a)(3)–(7); crime of violence; aggravated assault; waived argument winning on appeal

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Ep. 189 - Precedential Decisions from 12/4/2023 - 12/10/2023 (final order of removal & withholding; nexus: religion, domestic violence & witches; reasonable relocation; drug offenses; aggravated felony: sexual abuse of a minor & crime of violence) Dec 11, 2023

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Argueta-Hernandez v. Garland, No. 22-60307 (5th Cir. Dec. 5, 2023)

untimely petition for review; withholding; final order; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Nasrallah; panel rehearing; claims processing rule; Santos-Zacaria; death threats alone; one central reason; a reason; nexus; government says leave country; willful blindness; MS-13; El Salvador; Villarreal

Singh Bhagtana v. Garland, No. 20-1673 (2d Cir. Dec. 5, 2023)

reasonable relocation; DHS burden; Bharatiya Janata Party (“BJP”); Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (“Mann”) Party; India

United States v. Chaires, No. 20-4162 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2023)

Minter; N.Y. Penal Law § 220.39(1); cocaine isomer; controlled substance offense; failure to argue below; categorical approach

Aguilar-Sanchez v. Garland, No. 22-3598 (8th Cir. Dec. 4, 2023)

sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony: conduct and mens rea; Esquivel-Quintana; Minn. Stat. § 609.324, subd. 1(b)(3); Matter of Rodriguez-Rodriguez

Mwendapeke v. Garland, No. 22-2383 (7th Cir. Dec. 7, 2023)

complicity to robbery in the first degree in violation of KY. Rev. Stat. §§ 502.020 & 515.020, 515.020; generic definition of aiding and abetting; act through omission; verbal aiding and abetting; violent force; Taylor

Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland, No. 23-0267 (6th Cir. Dec. 8, 2023)

nexus; inextricably intertwined; mixed motive; Chuj women unable to leave; witches; humanitarian asylum; Guatemala

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Eps. 187 & 188 - Precedential Decisions from 11/20/2023 - 12/3/2023 (asylum reform; nexus & family membership; aggravated felony controlled substance trafficking; mandamus injunctions & the visa bulletin; unable or unwilling to protect & Nepalese Maoists) Dec 04, 2023

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American Bar Association Opposition to Proposals that Restrict Asylum and Humanitarian Parole in Supplemental Funding Request

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Matter of M-R-M-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2023)

asylum; nexus; particular social group; family membership; L-E-A-; incidental, tangential, or superficial; cartel desire for land

Tellez-Ramirez v. Garland, No. 22-1168 (9th Cir. Nov. 29, 2023)

possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver in violation of Idaho Code § 37-2732(a)(1)(A); controlled substance trafficking; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); different punishments or penalties; divisibility; Alfred; accomplice liability

Babaria, et al. v. Antony Blinken, et al., No. 22-16700 (9th Cir. Dec. 1, 2023)

injunction; mandamus; visa bulletin; EB-2; India; TRO; jurisdiction and review; INS § 245(B)

Khanal Singh v. Garland, No. 21-1665 (1st Cir. Nov. 27, 2023)

unable or unwilling to protect; need only show unable or unwilling; failure to report; government action; Nepal; Maoists

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Ep. 186 - Precedential Decisions from 11/13/2023 - 11/19/2023 (reasonable fear review; reinstatement; final order of removal; persecution; unfulfilled threats; USCIS notice on counsel; due process; Miranda warnings) Nov 20, 2023

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Martinez v. Garland, No. 22-1221 (4th Cir. Nov. 16, 2023)

reasonable fear review; Nasrallah; 30 day rule; claims processing rule; jurisdiction; Guzman Chavez; final order of removal; reinstatement; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Santos-Zacaria

Hernandez-Mendez v. Garland, No. 20-1789 (1st Cir. Nov. 15, 2023)

past persecution; unfulfilled threats; refusal to obey gangs; Mam ethnicity; Guatemala

Manguriu v. Garland, No. 22-1220 (1st Cir. Nov. 16, 2023)

VAWA petition; USCIS notice on counsel; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(19)(ii)(A); I-360; INA § 239(a)(2)(A); 8 C.F.R. § 292.4(a)

Zuniga de la cruz v. Garland, No. 21-352 (9th Cir. Nov. 17, 2023)

due process; Miranda warnings; fundamental fairness; exclusionary rule; noncitizen Fifth Amendment rights

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Ep. 185 - Precedential Decisions from 10/30/2023 - 11/12/2023 (asylum; harassment; non-physical harm; cumulative analysis for past persecution; IJ responsibilities for asylum seekers; fear of gang extortion; harm experienced as a child) Nov 13, 2023

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Juarez-Vicente v. Garland, No. 22-3318 (8th Cir. Nov. 7, 2023)

past persecution; harassment; non-physical harm; cumulative analysis for persecution; gay and bisexual men; Guatemala

Varela-Chavarria v. Garland, No. 22-1780 (1st Cir. Nov. 9, 2023)

protections and IJ responsibilities for asylum seekers; pro se; fear of gang extortion; cumulative harm analysis for past persecution; harm experienced as a child; threats of rape; El Salvador

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Ep. 184/Special Episode - Interview with Dan Lawton about his new book Above the Ground - A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Nov 06, 2023

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