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Ep. 171 - Precedential Decisions from 7/31/2023 - 8/6/2023 (NACARA; sua sponte motion to reopen; venue; Matter of Garcia; CAT; under color of law; torture; final order of removal; jurisdiction; O-F-A-S-) Aug 07, 2023

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Mancia v. Garland, No. 22-1599 (1st Cir. Aug. 4, 2023)

NACARA; sua sponte motion to reopen; suspension of deportation; failure to depart with voluntary departure

Bazile v. Garland, No. 22-1767 (1st Cir. Aug. 4, 2023)

venue; Matter of Garcia; completed proceedings; CAT deferral; Lavalas; Haiti

Arostegui-Maldonado v. Garland, No. 22-9554 (10th Cir. Aug. 1, 2023)

CAT; under color of law; final order of removal; Nasrallah; reviewability; withholding-only proceedings;application of law to facts; mixed question of law and fact; de novo review; O-F-A-S-; Costa Rica

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Ep. 170 - Precedential Decisions from 7/24/2023 - 7/30/2023 (credibility; omission; Constitutionality of BIA; exhaustion; § 209 adjustment; I-130 revocation; derivative citizenship; administrative closure) Jul 31, 2023

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Chen v. Garland, No. 19-715 (2d Cir. July 25, 2023)

credibility; probative omission; trivial inconsistency; no requirement to list all persecution in asylum statement; supplemental rather than inconsistent; cultural context; totality of circumstances; de minimus inconsistency

Amador Duenas v. Garland, No. 18-71987 (9th Cir. July 27, 2023)

Constitutionality of BIA members; Appointments Clause; Principal Officers; Inferior Officers

Diaz Mejia v. Garland, No. 21-2088 (7th Cir. July 27, 2023)

failure to exhaust; waiver of argument

Cela v. Garland, No. 22-1322 (4th Cir. July 28, 2023)

INA § 209 adjustment of status; asylee vs. refugee; termination of asylum status; Chevron deference; Matter of T-C-A-; statutory interpretation

Bouarfa v. DHS, No. 22-12429 (11th Cir. July 28, 2023)

INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); revocation of I-130 petition; INA § 204(c); discretion; jurisdiction

Clement v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 21-13382 (11th Cir. July 28, 2023)

forfeiture of judicial review; derivate citizenship; Equal Protection; final order; motion to withdraw appeal; Ng Fung Ho; waiver of constitutional right

Bekhbat v. Garland, No. 22-2379 (8th Cir. July 27, 2023)

motion to reconsider; administrative closure; automatic termination of voluntary departure

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Ep. 169 - Precedential Decisions from 7/17/2023 - 7/23/2023 (federal definition of marijuana; hemp; detention; dangerousness; DACA discrimination; alienage; 42 U.S.C. § 1981) Jul 24, 2023

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USA v. Rivera (3d Cir. July 19, 2023)

federal definition of marijuana; hemp

Martinez v. Clark, et al., No. 21-35023 (9th Cir. May 30, 2023)

detention; dangerousness; jurisdiction; INA § 236

De Leon Resendiz v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 21-2211 (4th Cir. July 10, 2023)

42 U.S.C. § 1981; discrimination; DACA; temporary employment; alienage

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Special Episode - AILA Annual Conference 2023 (interview with AILA National Immediate Past President Jeremy McKinney, and AILA National President Farshad Owji) Jul 20, 2023

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Ep. 168 - Precedential Decisions from 7/10/2023 - 7/16/2023 (nexus & religion; pro se asylum; family PSG; deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; Salvadoran businessmen; PFR & withholding only; motion to reopen; agg fel theft; ineffective assistance) Jul 17, 2023

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Chicas-Machado v. Garland, No. 21-1381 (4th Cir. July 13, 2023)

nexus; religion; evangelical Christian; OIL concession re: unable or unwilling to control MS-13; El Salvador

Trejo Tepas v. Garland, No. 22-1049 (4th Cir. July 10, 2023)

pro se asylum; Quintero; claims processing and exhaustion; unaccompanied minor; Santos-Zacaria; gang violence; El Salvador

Santos Garcia v. Garland, No. 22-1463 (4th Cir. July 11, 2023)

family based particular social group; gender; beyond nuclear family; Mara 18; Rodriguez-Arias v. Whitaker and J-F-F-; causal chain; El Salvador

Lazo-Gavidia v. Garland, No. 20-2306 (4th Cir. July 12, 2023)

deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; INA § 239(a); failure to update address; presumption of delivery; issue exhaustion

Sanchez v. Garland, No. 22-1815 (1st Cir. July 14, 2023)

nexus; particular social group; wealthy Salvadoran businessmen; family; extortion

Argueta-Hernandez v. Garland, No. 22-60307 (5th Cir. July 10, 2023)

untimely petition for review; withholding; final order; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Nasrallah

Arroyo-Sosa v. Garland, No. 22-1334 (8th Cir. July 13, 2023)

motion to reopen; reconsider; Coelho vs L-O-G-; asylum

Thok v. Garland, No. 22-2508 (8th Cir. July 13, 2023)

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-511.01; shoplifting; aggravated felony theft; § 101(a)(43)(G); appropriate; deprive; mens rea

Paucar v. Garland, No. 21-6043 (2d Cir. July 12, 2023)

ineffective assistance of counsel; Patel; prejudice; prima facie; reasonable probability; presumption that children will join parents; U visa; Sanchez Sosa; remand; Coelho

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Ep. 167 - Precedential Decisions from 7/3/2023 - 7/9/2023 (reasonable relocation; Pakistani Taliban; corroboration; Chinese Christian; unable or unwilling to protect; crime of violence; malice; deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen) Jul 10, 2023

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Ullah v. Garland, No. 22-1026 (4th Cir. July 6, 2023)

reasonable relocation; for the rest of one’s life standard; remand for a grant of asylum; family members left behind; Pro-American imputed political opinion; DHS burden; Pakistani Taliban; Pakistan

Chen v. Garland, No. 21-1371 (4th Cir. July 6, 2023)

corroboration; reasonableness of obtaining evidence; Wambura; threshold determination; otherwise credible; L-A-C-;one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; failure to consider evidence; State Department Reports; House Church; Christian; China

Osorio-Morales v. Garland, No. 22-2909 (7th Cir. July 5, 2023)

unable or unwilling; family violence; failure to report to police; police investigation; systemic failure to protect; Honduras

Uriostegui-Teran v. Garland, No. 22-2472 (8th Cir. July 6, 2023)

particularity; social distinction; particular social group; family group; ranchers; Mexico; willful blindness

Circuit Housekeeping

Ninth (Mendoza Linares v. Garland) and Eleventh Circuits

United States v. Lung’aho, No. 22-3168 (8th Cir. July 6, 2023) and Janis v. United States, No. 22-2471 (8th Cir. July 6, 2023)

crime of violence; arson; maliciously; malice; more than recklessness; post-Borden; mens rea;murder; malice aforethought; extreme recklessness

Madrid-Mancia v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-2291 (3d Cir. July 3, 2023)

deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; § 239(a); use of the word or; follow up notice of hearing; statutory interpretation; statute as a whole; failure to update address

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Ep. 166 - Precedential Decisions from 6/26/2023 - 7/2/2023 (First Amendment; NIW; adverse credibility; due process; threats; frivolous asylum application; particularly serious crime; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18(a)(3); military conscription; false claim to U.S.C) Jul 03, 2023

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United States v. Hansen, No. 22-179 (U.S. June 23, 2023)

8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv); First Amendment; freedom of speech; facial challenge; criminal solicitation; criminal facilitation

Flores v. Garland, No. 22-20419 (5th Cir. June 23, 2023)

EB-2A; National Interest Waiver; I-140 Petitions; Matter of Dhanasar; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(2)

Cui v. Garland, No. 22-2177 (7th Cir. June 16, 2023)

Adverse credibility; INA § 101(a)(42)(B); asylum; forced sterilization and abortion

Brizuela v. Garland, No. 22-1738 (8th Cir. June 27, 2023)

Due process; humanitarian parole; continuance; termination; past persecution; threats; Matter of Y-S-L-C; psychological harm; persecutory conduct

Din v. Garland, No. 21-6586 (2d Cir. June 30, 2023)

Frivolous asylum application; notice requirement for frivolousness; INA § 208(d)(6); INA § 208(a)(2)(B); INA § 208(d)(4)(A); Matter of Y-L-; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.20(2008); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.3(c)(2); adjustment of status; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(i); discretion; INA § 212(a)(9)B)(i)(II); INA § 212(i)(1); 8 C.F.R. § 1240.12(c)

Park v. Garland, No. 21-70623 (9th Cir. June 29, 2023)

Particularly serious crime; CHSC §§ 11370.1(a), 11351, 11352(a); Matter of Y-L-; withholding of removal; Protection under the Convention Against Torture; Chenery doctrine; torture; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.18(a)(3); lawful sanctions, prosecution, or punishment as torture; South Korea.

Ramirez Munoz v. Garland, No. 21-70431 (9th Cir. June 26, 2023)

INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I); false claim to U.S. citizenship; inadmissibility; Matter of Richmond; adjustment of status

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Ep. 165 - Precedential Decisions from 6/19/2023 - 6/25/2023 (standing; prosecutorial discretion; obstruction of justice; jurisdiction - motion to remand and continuance; CIMT; reprehensible conduct; nexus; MS-13; frivolous asylum finding) Jun 26, 2023

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United States v. Texas, No. 22-58 (U.S. June 23, 2023)

State standing to challenge Executive action; prosecutorial discretion; redressability; historical analysis

Pugin v. Garland, No. 22-23 (U.S. June 22, 2023)

relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); aggravated felony; relating to; dictionaries; Congressional intent

Figueroa Ochoa v. Garland, No. 20-72510 (9th Cir. June 20, 2023)

INA 242(a)(2)(B)(i); Patel; non-LPR cancellation; vacated conviction; continuance; question of fact; Kucana; motion to remand

Giron-Molina v. Garland, No. 22-6243 (2d Cir. June 20, 2023)

CIMT; Arkansas Code Ann. § 5-60-101; reprehensible conduct; abuse of a corpse; realistic probability test; divisibility

A.G. v. Garland, No. 22-1499 (4th Cir. June 23, 2023)

nexus; family membership; extortion; gang recruitment; harm to applicant rather than family; ignoring testimony; revenge killing; CAT; failure to report to police; MS-13; El Salvador

Farnum v. Garland, No. 22-9526 (10th Cir. June 21, 2023)

frivolous asylum filing; INA § 208(d)(6); 8 C.F.R. § 1208.20(a); regulatory interpretation; final agency decision

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Ep. 164 - Precedential Decisions from 6/12/2023 - 6/18/2023 (identity theft; denial of freedom; failure to file NTA; temporary BIA members; good moral character; 212(h) waiver; egregious arrest; credibility; methamphetamine) Jun 19, 2023

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Dubin v. United States, No. 22-10 (U.S. June 12, 2023)

identity theft; use; in relation to; statutory titles; “aggravated”; statutory interpretation; over-criminalization

Odei v. Garland, No. 21-1315 (1st Cir. June 15, 2023)

denial of freedom; withholding of removal; nexus; taking land; Chieftain; Ghana

Alexandre-Matias v. Garland, No. 21-60798 (5th Cir. June 13, 2023)

in absentia motion to reopen; due process; I-213; failure to file NTA; claims processing rule

Medina Carreon v. Garland, No. 21-60391 (5th Cir. June 15, 2023)

temporary BIA member; ultra vires; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(a)(4); improper appointment of Acting Attorney General; cock fighting; good moral character; Castillo Perez

Medley v. Garland, No. 20-3079 (2d Cir. June 15, 2023)

ICE arrest; egregious regulatory or constitutional violation; termination with prejudice where removability established

King v. Garland, No. 22-2166 (8th Cir. June 14, 2023)

INA § 212(h) waiver; jurisdiction; reweighing evidence; Patel

Zongo v. Garland, No. 21-3847 (8th Cir. June 16, 2023)

credibility; affidavit inconsistencies; Burkina Faso; exhaustion

Rincon Barbosa v. Garland, No. 22-1655 (8th Cir. June 14, 2023)

divisibility; modified categorical approach; jury instructions; Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5706(a); same punishment; Kansas definition of methamphetamine

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Ep. 163 - Precedential Decisions from 6/5/2023 - 6/11/2023 (isomer; U.S. National; American Samoa; extortion-plus nexus; due process; CIMT and recklessness; crime of child abuse; one-year asylum deadline; married gay men in Mexico) Jun 12, 2023

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USA v. Laines (CA11)

Chamu; isomer

Koonwaiyou v. Blinken, No. 22-35233 (9th Cir. June 7, 2023)

Nationals; American Samoa; 8 U.S.C. § 1408; uncodified statutes; legislative intent; temporarily limiting language; presumption against retroactivity

Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Garland, No. 19-72024 (9th Cir. June 7, 2023)

extortion plus; asylum; Ayala; Guatemalan women; nexus; robbery; gang

Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland, No. 21-298 (9th Cir. June 7, 2023)

due process; asylum filing deadlines; window filing; continuance; abuse of discretion

Zhovtonizhko v. Garland, No. 21-584 (9th Cir. June 7, 2023)

Wash. Rev. Code § 46.61.024; CIMT; Ruiz-Lopez; attempting to elude police; reckless manner

Ponce v. Garland, No. 21-60530 (5th Cir. June 9, 2023)

Tex. Pen. Code § 22.04(a); injury to a child; crime of child abuse; realistic probability

Pacheco-Moran v. Garland, No. 21-3779 (8th Cir. June 5, 2023)

asylum; one year deadline; married gay men in Mexico; INA § 208(a)(3); Guerrero-Lasprilla; anti-Catholic; continuance; U-visa certification

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