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Ep. 264 - Precedential Decisions from 5/12/2025 - 5/18/2025 (email notifications; government nexus - asylum and CAT; mandatory detention; alien arriving; applicant for admission; motion to remand; prima facie case for relief; competency; mental health) May 20, 2025

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Matter of F-B-G-M- & J-E-M-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 52 (BIA 2025)

rebuttable presumption that email notifications sent via ECAS reach their recipient; equitable tolling of briefing deadlines

Matter of M-S-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 61 (BIA 2025)

unable or unwilling to protect; acquiesce; generalized corruption; failure to report harm; Maoists; Nepal

Matter of Q. Li, 29 I&N Dec. 66 (BIA 2025)

mandatory detention; alien arriving; applicant for admission; parole; INA § 235(b)(2)(A)

Soto Santos v. Bondi, No. 24-1733 (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)

motion to remand; prima facie case for relief; hardship showing; enforcement priorities

Mohamed v. Bondi, No. 23-2556 (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)

competency; mental health; fundamental procedural error; INA § 242(a)(2)(C)

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Ep. 263 - Precedential Decisions from 5/5/2025 - 5/11/2025 (habeas; transfer of noncitizens; stay; bond; burdens; DUI; crime of child abuse; attempt; doctrine of consular nonreviewability; Religious Freedom Restoration Act) May 13, 2025

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Ozturk v. Hyde, et al., No. 25-1019 (2d Cir. May 7, 2025) and Mahdawi v. Trump, et al., No. 25-1113 (2d Cir. May 9, 2025)

habeas; transfer of noncitizens; INA § 241(g); venue; jurisdiction; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 242(g); INA § 242(b)(9); other jurisdiction stripping provisions; government motion for stay; government motion for mandamus

Matter of Choc-Tut, 29 I&N Dec. 48 (BIA 2025)

bond; burdens; DUI; criminal court findings

Sandoval Argueta v. Bondi, No. 23-60080 (5th Cir. May 9, 2025)

crime of child abuse; attempt; Loper Bright; no requirement for actual minor; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(ii); motion top reconsider from abroad; judicial estoppel; DHS concessions

Calvary Albuquerque Inc., et al v. Rubio, et al., No. 24-2066 (10th Cir. May 6, 2025)

doctrine of consular nonreviewability; Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA); R-1 religious visa; renumeration or payment for B-1 work; fraud or willful misrepresentation; statutory interpretation

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Ep. 262 - Precedential Decisions from 4/28/2025 - 5/4/2025 (mixed motive Ecuadorian women; M-R-M-S-; indigenous political parties; good moral character; fraud; unarmed assault with intent to rob or steal; fraud not theft; agg fel theft & attempt) May 06, 2025

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Mayancela Guaman, et. al v. Bondi, No. 24-1295 (1st Cir. Apr. 28, 2025)

mixed motive Ecuadorian women; BIA de novo review of nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; indigenous political parties; fear of Preside Correa; DHS burden to establish changed country conditions; Ecuador

Ibarra v. Bondi, No. 22-1560 (4th Cir. Apr. 29, 2025)

good moral character catch-all provision at INA § 101(f); fraud; use of false identity; counsel’s assertion of Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination

Baptista v. Bondi, No. 23-2237 (4th Cir. May 1, 2025)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 20; unarmed assault with intent to rob or steal; fraud not theft; INA § 101(a)(43)(G) theft; definition of attempt; INA § 101(a)(43)(U) aggravated felony; larceny; steal; overt act

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Ep. 261 - Precedential Decisions from 4/21/2025 - 4/27/2025 (voluntary departure; service on the weekend; CAT & MS-13; ineffective assistance of counsel motions to reopen; marriage and prima facie showing; firm resettlement; hardship to children) Apr 29, 2025

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Velázquez v. Bondi, No. 23-929 (U.S. Apr. 22, 2025)

voluntary departure; service on the weekend; 60 day departure period; jurisdiction; INA § 242(a)(1); “days”; presumption that Congress legislates in harmony with what came before it

Matter of A-A-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 38 (BIA 2025)

CAT deferral; former MS-13 members; state exception policy in El Salvador; experts; prison conditions; sharing criminal information with El Salvador; State Department reports; acquiesce and willful blindness; intent to torture; standard of review

Zhou v. Bondi, No. 24-3866 (6th Cir. Apr. 23, 2025)

jurisdiction to review ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; prejudice; discretion

Hussen v. Bondi, No. 23-1047 (4th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025)

marriage during removal proceedings; prima facie standard for motion to reopen; clear and convincing evidence; reopening as an important safeguard; Muslim marriage; Matter of Velarde; credibility; Ethiopia

Oscar v. Bondi, No. 23-3858 (9th Cir. Apr. 23, 2025)

offer of firm resettlement; prima facie case; exceptions – government consciously restricted residence; Haiti; Chile

Mendez Nolasco v. Bondi, No. 23-1947 (1st Cir. Apr. 23, 2025)

non LPR cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; standard of review; inability of children to speak Spanish; Recinas; factors in the aggregate

Chanchavac Garcia v. Bondi, No. 24-1296 (1st Cir. Apr. 24, 2025)

non-LPR cancellation of removal; special needs and loss of educational opportunities; BIA failure to consider evidence and explain analysis

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Ep. 260 - Precedential Decisions from 4/14/2025 - 4/20/2025 (illegal abduction and disappearing of individuals with withholding of removal grant; Executive overreach; facilitate; naturalization during removal proceedings) Apr 22, 2025

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Abrego Garcia v. Noem, No. 25-1404 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025)

illegal abduction and disappearing of individuals with withholding of removal grants based on Executive overreach; facilitate

Ebu v. USCIS, No. 24-5431 (6th Cir. Apr. 16, 2025)

declaratory relief; naturalization with ongoing removal proceedings; INA § 318; INA § 336(b); legislative history

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Ep. 259 - Precedential Decisions from 4/7/2025 - 4/13/2025 (exceptional & extremely unusual hardship; failure to consider psychological report; notice of appeal deadline; former police officers; nexus; denying asylum as a matter of discretion; CIMT theft) Apr 15, 2025

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Blanco Contreras v. Bondi, No. 22-1538 (1st Cir. Apr. 9, 2025)

exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; ignoring evidence; failure to consider psychological report

Matter of Iskandarani, 29 I&N Dec. 26 (BIA 2025)

notice of appeal deadline; oral decision; written decision; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.38(b); law addendum

Matter of O-A-R-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 30 (BIA 2025)

former police officers; immutability; particular social group; nexus; animus, anti-circularity; M-R-M-S-; police officers; FARC; Colombia

Thankarasa v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 23-3204 (3d Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

denying asylum as a matter of discretion; entry fraud; Matt of Pula; reconsidering asylum when withholding of removal is granted; Tamil; Sri Lanka

Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1379 (4th Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

CIMT; petit larceny; Loper Bright; affirmative defense; mens rea; reprehensible conduct; changing societal norms; due respect for Diaz-Lizarraga

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Ep. 258 - Precedential Decisions from 3/31/2025 - 4/6/2025 (PSG cooperators against MS-13; social distinction & ocular visibility; crime of violence; realistic probability test; naturalization review; INA § 310(c); warrant of arrest) Apr 08, 2025

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Alvarez Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-1112 (1st Cir. Mar. 31, 2025)

cooperators against MS-13; Henriquez-Rivas; persecution in the U.S.; Matter of H-L-S-A-; social distinction and ocular visibility; El Salvador

United States v. Cervenak, No. 23-3466 (6th Cir. Apr. 2, 2025) (en banc)

crime of violence; realistic probability test; robbery in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 2911.02

Mathin v. Mayorkas, 746 F. Supp. 3d 1327 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 16, 2024)

naturalization review; INA § 310(c); warrant of arrest; statutory interpretation; declaratory relief

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Ep. 257 - Precedential Decisions from 3/24/2025 - 3/30/2025 (crime of violence; force through omission; temporary appellate IJs; ultra vires argument; discovery to challenge I-130 denial; INA § 204(c); depositions) Apr 01, 2025

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Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825 (U.S. Mar. 21, 2025)

crime of violence; force through omission; New York attempted murder; Castleman; Stokeling; meaning of “use”; limits of Borden; bodily injury; “ordinary meaning”

Ayala Chapa v. Bondi, No. 21-60039 (5th Cir. Mar. 24, 2025)

temporary appellate IJs; temporary Board member; Santos Zacaria; INA § 103(g)(1); Attorney General authority; ultra vires argument

Yocom, et al. v. USCIS, et al., No. 22-0839 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2025)

discovery to challenge I-130 denial; INA § 204(c); deposition of ex-wife; deposition of USCIS; no requirement to submit sworn statement; Munoz; coercive behavior; due process violation

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Ep. 256 - Precedential Decisions from 3/17/2025 - 3/23/2025 (deeming asylum application abandoned for failure to include declaration; point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; individualized inquiry for hardship; credibility) Mar 25, 2025

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Matter of C-A-R-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 13 (BIA 2025)

incomplete I-589; deeming asylum application abandoned for failure to include asylum declaration; cocaine admission and good moral character

Matter of Dor, 29 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2025)

point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; INA § 237(a)(2)(B)(i); Brown; Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 94C § 32c(a); distribution of marijuana

Duarte De Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-1057 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)

individualized inquiry for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; learning disability; inability to learn in foreign country; inability to learn foreign language; common hardship in the aggregate

Salinas v. Bondi, No. 23-2779 (8th Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)