Immigration Review

A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/

Episodes

Ep. 134 - Precedential Decisions from 11/14/2022 - 11/20/2022 (termination; good moral character; DUIs; timely filings; crime of violence; change in law; equitable tolling; due diligence; jurisdiction; CAT deferral; Iraqi Chaldean Christians)

November 21, 2022 • 38 min

Matter of Coronado Acevedo, 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022)

termination; Matter of S-O-G- & -F-D-B-; notice and comment rulemaking

Llanas-Trejo v. Garland, No. 21-3770 (8th Cir. Nov. 16, 2022)

non-LPR cancellation of removal; good moral character; multiple DUIs; Matter of Cartillo-Perez; presumption; hardship to non-qualifying relative; motion to reopen; Patel

Santos-De Jimenez v. Garland, No. 21-1496 (4th Cir. Nov. 15, 2022)

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Ep. 133 - Precedential Decisions from 11/1/2022 - 11/13/2022 (Welcome Capital Good Fund!; vacated criminal convictions; Matter of Thomas and Thompson; CIMT; petty offense exception; child endangerment; retroactivity; Matter of Cota-Vargas)

November 14, 2022 • 16 min

Zaragoza v. Garland, No. 19-3437 (7th Cir. Nov. 8, 2022)

vacated criminal convictions; Matter of Thomas and Thompson; Indiana Code § 35-46-1-4(a)(2); CIMT; petty offense exception; child endangerment; realistic probability test; retroactive application; Matter of Cota-Vargas

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Ep. 132 - Precedential Decisions from 10/31/2022 - 11/6/2022 (deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; corroboration; nexus: withholding & Matter of C-T-L-, family groups; particularly serious crime; mental health)

November 7, 2022 • 36 min

Laparra-Deleon v. Garland, No. 22-1081 (1st Cir. Nov. 4, 2022)

deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; Matter of Laparra; notice of hearing; definition of the word “change”; Zombie precedent

Pinel-Gomez v. Garland, No. 19-3124 (2d Cir. Nov. 2, 2022)

corroboration; standard of review; factual question; finding of fact; reasonably available evidence; REAL ID Act

Quituizaca v. Garland, No. 19-3470 (2d Cir. Nov. 1, 2022)

asylum; withh...

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Ep. 131 - Precedential Decisions from 10/24/2022 - 10/30/2022 (Colorado definition of marijuana; jurisdiction following reinstatement; jurisdiction for credible fear review; constitutional rights; particular social group s in El Salvador)

October 31, 2022 • 30 min

Zapata-Chacon v. Garland, No. 20-9645 (10th Cir. Oct. 25, 2022)

Colorado definition of marijuana; motion to reconsider and terminate; definition of review; definition of relief; INA § 241(a)(5); jurisdiction; 28J letter

Morales v. Garland, No. 20-1305 (4th Cir. Oct. 24, 2022)

particular social group; witnesses to gang crime; women unable to leave their domestic relationship; family; particularity; social distinction; nexus; exhausti...

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Ep. 130 - Precedential Decisions from 10/17/2022 - 10/23/2022 (withholding of removal; imputed gang member; CAT protection - government actors, gang-police officers, legislative history, under color of law standard, and willful blindness; credibility)

October 24, 2022 • 42 min

Chavez v. Garland, No. 21-1267 (1st Cir. Oct. 21, 2022)

withholding of removal; imputed political opinion; imputed particular social group; imputed gang member; Matter of E-A-G-; Chevron Step 2; CAT; willful blindness; MS-13; El Salvador

H.H. v. Garland, No. 21-1150 (1st Cir. Oct. 21, 2022)

CAT protection; acquiescence; willful blindness test; mixed question of law and fact; experts; Matter of S-V-; CAT regulations; legislative histo...

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Ep. 129 - Precedential Decisions from 10/10/2022 - 10/16/2022 (en banc; deficient NTA; venue; stay of removal; adjustment of status; discretion; mens rea; aggravated felony theft offense; permissive inference by a jury; realistic probability test)

October 17, 2022 • 27 min

Singh v. Garland, No. 20-70050 (9th Cir. Oct. 12, 2022)

en banc challenge; in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; statutory interpretation; Rodriguez; Laparra

Sarr v. Garland, No. 20-3836 (2d Cir. Oct. 12, 2022)

venue; jurisdiction; stay of removal; INA § 242(b)(2)

Moreno v. Garland, No. 21-1237 (1st Cir. Oct. 14, 2022)

adjustment of status; INA § 245(a); discretion; motion to remand; new evidence; jurisdiction

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Ep. 128 - Precedential Decisions from 10/3/2022 - 10/9/2022 (doctrine of consular nonreviewability; CAT - waiver of claim & credibility; exhaustion & due process; pro se rights; § 212(c); conditional LPRs & § 237(a)(1)(H))

October 10, 2022 • 48 min

Munoz v. DOS, et al., No. 21-55365 (9th Cir. Oct. 5, 2022)

doctrine of consular nonreviewability; Immigrant Visa; tattoos; facially legitimate bonafide reason; timely notification; Due Process

Cordero-Chavez v. Garland, No. 21-60370 (5th Cir. Oct. 4, 2022)

credibility; CAT protection; inconsistency; CAT box; waiver of CAT claim; Eduard v. Ashcroft

Ndifon v. Garland, No. 20-60997 (5th Cir. Oct. 4, 2022)

CAT protection notwithstanding a...

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Ep. 127 - Precedential Decisions from 9/26/2022 - 10/2/2022 (motion to reopen; vacated conviction; controlled substance convictions; Federal First Offender’s Act; CIMTs; cancellation of removal - jurisdiction, VAWA, and reinstatement)

October 3, 2022 • 23 min

Lara-Garcia v. Garland, No. 20-71703 (9th Cir. Sept. 26, 2022)

motion to reopen; vacated conviction; Cardoso-Tlaseca; simple possession of drugs; Federal First Offender’s Act (FFOA); Lujan-Armendariz; sua sponte; CIMT – Cal. Pen. Code § 459, misdemeanor burglary; Cal. Pen. Code § 496(a), misdemeanor receipt of stolen property; Cal. Health and Safety Code § 11364(a), misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia

De La Rosa-Rodriguez v...

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Ep. 126 - Precedential Decisions from 9/19/2022 - 9/25/2022 (THANK YOU PATRONS!; exhaustion; due process; asylum; past persecution; government actor; BJP; India)

September 26, 2022 • 11 min

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Kumar v. Garland, No. 20-60712 (5th Cir. Sept. 21, 2022)

exhaustion; due process; asylum; past persecution; government actor; BJP; India

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Ep. 125 - Precedential Decisions from 9/12/2022 - 9/18/2022 (past persecution; Mann Party; India; continuances; right to present testimony; due process; prejudice; constitutional and regulatory violations)

September 19, 2022 • 27 min

Singh v. Garland, No. 20-72806 (9th Cir. Sept. 14, 2022)

past persecution; serious harm; death threats alone; fleeing home; age of victim for persecution; Shiromani Akali Dal Party (Mann Party); India

Martinez Roman v. Garland, No. 20-3476 (2d Cir. Sept. 15, 2022)

continuances; non-LPR cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; psychological expert; live testimony; duplicative testimony; duty to develop the ...

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Ep. 124 - Precedential Decisions from 9/5/2022 - 9/11/2022 (detention; MS-13; asylum; unable or unwilling to control private actors; non-LPR cancellation of removal; qualifying relative; NACARA; INA § 212(h) waiver)

September 12, 2022 • 15 min

Intro + Hernandez Avilez v. Garland, No. 20-16142 (9th Cir. Sept. 8, 2022) (detention)

Rodriguez De Palucho v. Garland, No. 22-0212 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2022)

asylum; unable or unwilling to control private actors; extortion; rent; MS-13; El Salvador

Agustin-Matias v. Garland, No. 21-60288 (5th Cir. Sept. 9, 2022)

non-LPR cancellation of removal; qualifying relative; evidentiary burden; U.S. citizenship

Lopez v. Att'y Gen. U.S.,...

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Ep. 123 - Precedential Decisions from 8/29/2022 - 9/4/2022 (Interpol Red Notice; serious nonpolitical crime; categorical approach; changed country condition motion to reopen; reinstatement; clear error review; deficient NTA; stop time rule)

September 5, 2022 • 37 min

Gonzalez-Castillo v. Garland, No. 21-70112 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2022)

· Interpol Red Notice; Article 13 of the Salvadoran Code; MS-13; serious reason to believe; serious nonpolitical crime; probable cause; burdens; Matter of W-E-R-B-; Salvadoran Art. 13; MS-13; IJ duty to develop the record

Romero-Millan v. Garland, No. 16-73915 (9th Cir. Aug. 29, 2022)

· law relating to a controlled substance; categorical approach; divis...

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Ep. 122 - Precedential Decisions from 8/22/2022 - 8/28/2022 (divisibility; stalking; mental state; intent; expert psychological opinion; childhood trauma; credible and reasonable fear interview transcripts)

August 29, 2022 • 20 min

Vurimindi v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1848 (3d Cir. Aug. 24, 2022)

stalking in violation of 18 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. § 2709.1(a)(1); divisibility; mens rea; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); means vs. elements; intent; “demonstrate”; Pennsylvania jury instructions

Rivera-Medrano v. Garland, No. 20-1667 (1st Cir. Aug. 26, 2022)

motion to remand; credibility; Matter of F-S-N-; expert psychological opinion; PTSD; memory issues; recollectio...

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Ep. 121 - Precedential Decisions from 8/15/2022 - 8/21/2022 (obstruction of justice; vacated convictions; burglary; receipt of stolen property; particularly serious crime; child abuse; deficient NTAs; no notice MTRs)

August 22, 2022 • 55 min

Cordero-Garcia v. Garland, No. 19-72779 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)

INA § 101(a)(43)(S), obstruction of justice; Valenzuela Gallardo; Cal. Pen. Code § 136.1(b)(1); Matter of Cordero-Garcia; realistic probability; Zombie alert!

Ballinas-Lucero v. Garland, No. 17-73260 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)

vacated convictions; Cal. Pen. Code § 1018; cancellation; Pereida; burdens; Thomas and Thompson

Matter of V-A-K-, 28 I&N Dec. 630 (BIA 2022)

N.Y...

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Ep. 120 - Precedential Decisions from 8/8/2022 - 8/14/2022 (IJ bias; particularly serious crime; transgender women; CAT deferral; withholding of removal; reversing IJs; impeachment evidence; religion and clan claims)

August 15, 2022 • 33 min

Tinoco Acevedo v. Garland, No. 20-2048 (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2022)

IJ bias; belittle; due process; Matter of Y-S-L-C-; lack of fluency in English; relying on evidence not in the record

K.Y. v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-10271 (11th Cir. Aug. 9, 2022)

particularly serious crime; asylum; transgender woman; extortion; issue exhaustion; discretionary findings and jurisdiction; Guyana

Keta v. Garland, No. 21-3243 (8th Cir. Aug. 10. 2022)

def...

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Ep. 119 - Precedential Decisions from 8/1/2022 - 8/7/2022 (persecution; PSC and crime against persons; sue sponte motion to reopen; good moral character; drug trafficking; deficient NTA motions; crime of child abuse mental state)

August 8, 2022 • 57 min

Sorto-Guzman v. Garland, No. 20-1762 (4th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022)

single death threat; persecution; question of law; Catholic religion; burdens; Mara 18; El Salvador

Gutierrez-Vargas v. Garland, No. 21-3520 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2022)

particularly serious crime; reweighing evidence; crimes against persons; INA § 242(a)(2)(C); CAT deferral; dismemberment; Zetas; Mexico

Perez-Camacho v. Garland, No. 19-72063 (9th Cir. Aug. 1, 2022)

motion to reop...

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Ep. 118 - Precedential Decisions from 7/25/2022 - 7/31/2022 (firearm offense; ammunition; divisibility; untimely asylum; extraordinary circumstances; legal disability; mootness: deferral & physical removal; visa waiver violators; asylum-only proceedings)

July 31, 2022 • 28 min

Matter of Ortega-Quezada, 28 I&N Dec. 598 (BIA 2022)

INA § 237(a)(2)(C); firearm offense; exchange; ammunition; gratuitous transfer; divisibility; double jeopardy; similarly-worded statutes; Pereida

Martinez Alquijay v. Garland, No. 20-70470 (9th Cir. July 27, 2022)

untimely asylum filing; one-year deadline; extraordinary circumstances; legal disability; stress; young age; failure to speak English

Garcia-Marin v. Garland, No. 20-...

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Ep. 117 - Precedential Decisions from 7/18/2022 - 7/24/2022 (credibility; demeanor; credible fear interview notes; equitable tolling & diligence; reinstatement & gross miscarriage of justice; deficient NTA; in absentia motion to reopen; due process)

July 25, 2022 • 33 min

Ndudzi v. Garland, No. 20-60782 (5th Cir. July 20, 2022)

adverse credibility; demeanor; inconsistency; asylum; credible fear interview notes; Angola; Cabinda; Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC); BIA rewriting IJ decision

Masin-Ventura v. Garland, No. 21-60610 (5th Cir. July 21, 2022)

motion to reopen; equitable tolling; diligence

Bravo-Bravo v. Garland, No. 20-71042 (9th Cir. July 18, 2022)

reinstatement; gross ...

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Ep. 116 - Precedential Decisions from 7/1/2022 - 7/17/2022 (encourage; induce; alien smuggling; First Amendment; 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv); deficient NTA; claims processing rule; subject matter jurisdiction; § 1326)

July 18, 2022 • 12 min

United States v. Hernandez-Calvillo, No. 19-3210 (10th Cir. July 13, 2022)

encourage; induce; alien smuggling; First Amendment; 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv); Sineneng-Smith; statutory interpretation

USA v. Bastide-Hernandez, No. 19-30006 (9th Cir. July 11, 2022) (en banc)

deficient NTA; claims processing rule; subject matter jurisdiction; § 1326; prejudice

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Ep. 115 - Precedential Decisions from 7/4/2022 - 7/10/2022 (adverse credibility; inconsistencies; deficient NTA; in absentia motion to reopen; CIMT & drug trafficking; reinstatement, INA § 212(a)(9)(C), and right to counsel; CAT & clear error)

July 11, 2022 • 33 min

Barseghyan v. Garland, No. 16-72849 (9th Cir. July 8, 2022)

credibility; asylum; inconsistency; Alam; past persecution; totality of circumstances; opportunity to explain; plausibility; Armenia

Gudiel-Villatoro v. Garland, No. 20-61050 (5th Cir. July 8, 2022)

deficient NTA; in absentia motion to reopen; Rodriguez; failure to update address; failure to provide address; Spagnol-Bastos

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Episodes

Ep. 132 - Precedential Decisions from 10/31/2022 - 11/6/2022 (deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; corroboration; nexus: withholding & Matter of C-T-L-, family groups; particularly serious crime; mental health)

Ep. 131 - Precedential Decisions from 10/24/2022 - 10/30/2022 (Colorado definition of marijuana; jurisdiction following reinstatement; jurisdiction for credible fear review; constitutional rights; particular social group s in El Salvador)

Ep. 130 - Precedential Decisions from 10/17/2022 - 10/23/2022 (withholding of removal; imputed gang member; CAT protection - government actors, gang-police officers, legislative history, under color of law standard, and willful blindness; credibility)

Ep. 129 - Precedential Decisions from 10/10/2022 - 10/16/2022 (en banc; deficient NTA; venue; stay of removal; adjustment of status; discretion; mens rea; aggravated felony theft offense; permissive inference by a jury; realistic probability test)

Ep. 128 - Precedential Decisions from 10/3/2022 - 10/9/2022 (doctrine of consular nonreviewability; CAT - waiver of claim & credibility; exhaustion & due process; pro se rights; § 212(c); conditional LPRs & § 237(a)(1)(H))

Ep. 127 - Precedential Decisions from 9/26/2022 - 10/2/2022 (motion to reopen; vacated conviction; controlled substance convictions; Federal First Offender’s Act; CIMTs; cancellation of removal - jurisdiction, VAWA, and reinstatement)

Ep. 126 - Precedential Decisions from 9/19/2022 - 9/25/2022 (THANK YOU PATRONS!; exhaustion; due process; asylum; past persecution; government actor; BJP; India)

Ep. 125 - Precedential Decisions from 9/12/2022 - 9/18/2022 (past persecution; Mann Party; India; continuances; right to present testimony; due process; prejudice; constitutional and regulatory violations)

Ep. 124 - Precedential Decisions from 9/5/2022 - 9/11/2022 (detention; MS-13; asylum; unable or unwilling to control private actors; non-LPR cancellation of removal; qualifying relative; NACARA; INA § 212(h) waiver)

Ep. 123 - Precedential Decisions from 8/29/2022 - 9/4/2022 (Interpol Red Notice; serious nonpolitical crime; categorical approach; changed country condition motion to reopen; reinstatement; clear error review; deficient NTA; stop time rule)

Ep. 122 - Precedential Decisions from 8/22/2022 - 8/28/2022 (divisibility; stalking; mental state; intent; expert psychological opinion; childhood trauma; credible and reasonable fear interview transcripts)

Ep. 121 - Precedential Decisions from 8/15/2022 - 8/21/2022 (obstruction of justice; vacated convictions; burglary; receipt of stolen property; particularly serious crime; child abuse; deficient NTAs; no notice MTRs)

Ep. 120 - Precedential Decisions from 8/8/2022 - 8/14/2022 (IJ bias; particularly serious crime; transgender women; CAT deferral; withholding of removal; reversing IJs; impeachment evidence; religion and clan claims)

Ep. 119 - Precedential Decisions from 8/1/2022 - 8/7/2022 (persecution; PSC and crime against persons; sue sponte motion to reopen; good moral character; drug trafficking; deficient NTA motions; crime of child abuse mental state)

Ep. 118 - Precedential Decisions from 7/25/2022 - 7/31/2022 (firearm offense; ammunition; divisibility; untimely asylum; extraordinary circumstances; legal disability; mootness: deferral & physical removal; visa waiver violators; asylum-only proceedings)

Ep. 117 - Precedential Decisions from 7/18/2022 - 7/24/2022 (credibility; demeanor; credible fear interview notes; equitable tolling & diligence; reinstatement & gross miscarriage of justice; deficient NTA; in absentia motion to reopen; due process)

Ep. 116 - Precedential Decisions from 7/1/2022 - 7/17/2022 (encourage; induce; alien smuggling; First Amendment; 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv); deficient NTA; claims processing rule; subject matter jurisdiction; § 1326)

Ep. 115 - Precedential Decisions from 7/4/2022 - 7/10/2022 (adverse credibility; inconsistencies; deficient NTA; in absentia motion to reopen; CIMT & drug trafficking; reinstatement, INA § 212(a)(9)(C), and right to counsel; CAT & clear error)

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