Immigration Review

Li v. Bondi, No. 18-70278 (9th Cir. June 10, 2025)

• ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration

De Souza Silva, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-834 (9th Cir. June 11, 2025)

• past persecution; inability to practice religion freely; internal relocation; practicing religion in secret; Candomblé; Brazil

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Hadwan v. Dept. of State, No. 22-1624 (2d Cir. June 3, 2025)

• revocation of Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA); revocation of passport abroad; CRBA revocation hearing; APA; due process; signed statement where signatory does not speak English; Office of Inspector General report against State Department officer

Matter of B-N-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 96 (BIA 2025)

• administrative closure; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18; Matter of W-Y...

Castaneira v. Noem, No. 23-5204 (D.C.C. May 30, 2025)

• Adam Walsh Act; no risk determination; Matter of Chawathe; specified offense against a minor; preponderance of the evidence standard

Matter of Beltrand-Rodriguez, 29 I&N Dec. 76 (BIA 2025)

• bond; danger; de novo review; sexual conduct against a child

Matter of Bain, 29 I&N Dec. 72 (BIA 2025)

• discretion for non-LPR cancellation of removal

Xia v. Bondi, No. 24-2304 (2d Cir. May 19, 2025)

• Patel; no jurisdiction to review USCIS denial of adjustment of status

United States v. Doe, No. 22-14307 (11th Cir. May 21, 2025)

• criminal penalties under 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1) for obstructing his removal or not cooperating with the procedures for obtaining travel out of the country; INA § 237(a); no requirement for admission; IIRIRA legislative history; deportation a...

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 deten...

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; cri...

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 a...

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 ...

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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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; ...

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....

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

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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 

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Rosa v. Bondi, No. 24-1240 (1st Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

• DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard

Wilkinson v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3166 (3d Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

• extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; substantial evidence standard of review; psychological harm without experts

Rahman v. Bondi, No. 23-3608 (6th Cir. Mar. 13, 2025)

• types of har...

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Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

• LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix; parole

Penaranda v. Bondi, No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)

• false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NTA; Wilkinson and non-LPR ...

Xia v. Scott, No. 23-3055 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025)

• exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; reasoned consideration by BIA

United States v. Parham, No. 23-4249 (4th Cir. Feb. 26, 2025)

• crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; physical force; sentence enhancement; robbery in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-58

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El Manyary  v. Bondi, No. 22-3102 (8th Cir. Feb. 21, 2025)

• in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; hearing notice in foreign language 

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