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Matter of Tepec-Garcia, 29 I&N Dec. 371 (BIA 2025)

• termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage 

Matter of L-A-G-B-, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• Panama cartels; CAT; snitches; series of suppositions 

Matter of Kim, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; criminal history; South Korea

Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay, 29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; wei...

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Osabas-Rivera v. Bondi, No. 25-3168 (6th Cir. Dec. 8, 2025)

• untimely asylum filing; jurisdiction; satisfaction of the attorney general; exhaustion

Matter of Jimenez-Ayala, 29 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2025)

• LPR cancellation; discretion; insufficient rehabilitation; use of meth

Matter of W-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2025)

• CAT; particularly serious crime; mental health; B-Z-R-; Haitian prisons; Brian Concan...

Pineda-Guerra v. Bondi, No. 25-3081 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025)

• change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; BIA abuse of discretion where requirements not contained in Practice Manual or regulations

Restrepo Castano v. Bondi, No. 24-2117 (1st Cir. Nov. 28, 2025)

• unable or unwilling to protect; fruitful police protection; phone threats; Gulf Clan; Colombia

Dor v. Bondi, No. 25-1278 (1st Cir. Dec. 1, 2025...

Perez-Perez v. Bondi, No. 25-0315 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)

• qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; meaning of the phrase “would result”; Loper Bright; freezing age at time of IJ adjudication

Sarkisov v. Bondi, No. 25-0316 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)

• extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; mixed question of law and fact review; definition of extraordinary circumsta...

Ramos Marquez v. Bondi, No. 24-1842 (4th Cir. Nov. 19, 2025) 

• unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; futile reporting to police; agency ignoring evidence; cherry picking; CAT; quiescence; MS-130; Honduras state of exception; country condition evidence in Honduras 

Matter of K-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 307 (BIA 2025) 

• unable or unwilling to protect; single incident where police fail to ...

Matter of Cahuec Tzalam, 29 I&N Dec. 300 (BIA 2025)

• Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; some foreseeable resolution; visa bulletin; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(c)(3) 

Solis-Flores v. Bondi, No. 22-1147 (4th Cir. Nov. 13, 2025)

• receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test; Loper Bright; CIMT definition in the Four...

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Daley v. Choate, et al., No. 24-1191 (10th Cir. Nov. 3, 2025)

• EAJA; habeas; sovereign immunity canon; Loper Bright; civil action; importance of habeas

Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 241464 (4th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025)

• false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); BIA review of missed questions of law and fact; Wilkinson; Patel; jurisdiction; failure to disclose alias

Rosa Arevalo v. Bondi, Nos. 24-60349, 24-60620 (5th Cir...

United States v. Ford aka Caveman, No. 23-1400 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2025)

• crime of violence; kidnapping; inveigling; federal definition despite no cross reference to federal statute

Matter of C-I-G-M- & L-V-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 2025)

• third country removal; ACA with Honduras; Immigration Judge authority; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.11(h)

Chen, et al. v. Rubio, et al., No. 25-521 (2d Cir. Oct. 29, 2025)

United States v. Tooley, No. 24-5286 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2025)

• Borden; recklessness; crime of violence; wantonly; manslaughter; murder

Matter of Negusie, 29 I&N Dec. 285 (A.G. 2025)

• persecutor bar; asylum and withholding of removal; duress and voluntariness; history of asylum; 1967 protocol; evidentiary burden

Matter of J-A-N-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 287 (BIA 2025)

•  IJ authority to terminate withholding-o...

Ramos-Ramos v. Bondi, Nos. 23-9567, 24-9524 (10th Cir. Oct. 15, 2025)

• clear error standard of review; no need for BIA remand; circuit court granting asylum; unable or unwilling to protect; police failure to solve crime; police ignoring reporting; single mothers; nexus; relocation; fear of gangs; family based particular social group; Honduras

Pastor-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-3104 (6th Cir. Oct. 17, 2025)

• motion to r...

United States v. Rivera-Valdes, No. 21-30177 (9th Cir. Sep. 18, 2025) (en banc)

• notice reasonably calculated to reach noncitizen; due process; fundamental fairness; in absentia reopening; incorrect address in OSC

Matter of J-H-M-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 278 (BIA 2025)

• DHS stipulations not binding; CAT; transgender women in Honduras

Vergara Castellar v. Bondi, No. 24-2930 (7th Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)

• appealing in ...

Uc Encarnacion v. Bondi, No. 22-1601 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025)

• fugitive disentitlement doctrine; adverse credibility; demeanor not reliable; omissions; experts to use in Mexico CAT claims; OIL abandoning issue in vague footnote; Mexican mental health facilities; particularized risk of torture not overly burdensome 

Maurice v. Bondi, No. 21-1395 (1st Cir. Oct. 2, 2025)

• adjustment of status; uncorroborated police repo...

Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi, No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• motion to accept late-filed brief; inadvertently filing BIA brief on immigration court rather than BIA ECAS docket; BIA failure to explain itself; reasoned decision

Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi, No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• past persecution; unfulfilled threats; land dispute; extraordinary circumstances to excuse one-year asylum filing deadline; jurisdi...

Fleurimond v. Bondi, No. 24-1913 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)

• CAT protection; low level prison guards and conditions in Haiti; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture; purpose

Matter of Landers, 29 I&N Dec. 240 (BIA 2025)

• disbarment of immigration attorney; practice of law; preparation of law; similar filings

Guzman-Torralva v. Bondi, No. 25-0259 (6th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)

• in absentia motion ...

Hewitt v. United States, No. 23-1002 (U.S. June 26, 2025)

• vacated conviction; statutory interpretation; First Step Act

Matter of Garcia-Flores, 29 I&N Dec. 230 (BIA 2025)

• overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; considering credibility of criminal court witnesses; sexual crimes against minors

Matter of H-A-A-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 233 (BIA 2025)

•  pretermitting asylum application; prima facie c...

Ozurumba v. Bondi, No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025)

• material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria

Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025)

• family based particular social group; L-E-A-; rulemaking; social distinction

Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025)

• domestic violence; gen...

O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)

• family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus

Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)

• certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or rec...