Immigration Review

Laureano v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2433 (3d Cir. May 29, 2026)

• petition for review withholding of removal; reinstatement; Riley; Matter of Y-L- presumption

Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 691 (BIA 2026)

• stay pending motion to reopen; requirement to file stay with DHS first; procedural rules; administrative efficiency; power to create discretionary policies

Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 695 (BIA 20...

Alvarado-Paz v. Blanche, No. 25-1119 (4th Cir. June 1, 2026)

• nexus; BIA missing particular social groups; Salvadoran women; substantial evidence review; CAT assessment; asserting correct particular social groups before IJ

Uddin v. Blanche, No. 24-1067 (4th Cir. June 5, 2026)

• crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); sexual images of children on filing sharing platform; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(iii); review of...

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Buckley v. Blanche, No. 24-1957 (1st Cir. May 29, 2026)

• review of adjustment of status denial; later filed BIA brief; failure to provide reasoned consideration; substantial Lozada compliance; IJ duty to develop the record; prejudice 

Matter of A-H-D-, 29 I&N Dec. 642 (BIA 2026)

• past persecution in the Ninth Circuit; police beatings; unable or unwilling to protect and tribal resolution of conflict; Mauritania

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Rodriguez-Solis v. Blanche, No. 24-1937 (4th Cir. May 21, 2026)

• right to counsel; continuance; prejudice; importance of immigration attorney 

Matter of I-B-M-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 628 (BIA 2026)

• motion to change venue; webex hearing; off the record discussions; IJ bias; IJ as neural arbiter

Matter of L-A-D-, 29 I&N Dec 634 (BIA 2026)

• Mexican mental health; schizophrenia; particularity; social distinction; se...

Lopez-Campos, et al. v. Raycraft, et al., No. 25-1965 (6th Cir. May 11, 2026)

• no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; statutory interpretation; longstanding agency interpretation; legislative history; use of the word “otherwise”; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncit...

Diahn v. Blanche, No. 24-2066 (4th Cir. May 5, 2026)

• IJ duty to develop record; pro se respondents; no hearing notice; prejudice;  duty to advise about witnesses; exhaustion 

Matter of J-E-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2026)

• CAT; FBI informants; evidence specific to applicant; unknown identity of kidnappers

Matter of C-P-Y-, 29 I&N Dec. 610 (BIA 2026)

• LPR “arrival”; serious nonpolitical cri...

Barbosa Da Cunha v. Freden, No. 25-3141 (2d Cir. Apr. 28, 2026)

• no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text 

Matter of Shentu, 29 I&N Dec. 595 (BIA 2026)

• bond; FBI Letterhead Memorandum; national security risk

Matter of Orozco Becerra and Orozco Becerra, 29 I&N Dec. 600 (BIA 2...

Lopez Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1225 (1st Cir. Apr. 23, 2026)

• anti-gang political opinion; opposition to gang recruitment; imputed political opinion; quasi government; fact-intensive analysis; religion; ignoring protected ground; nexus

Matter of D-G-E-A- & N-G-G-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 570 (BIA 2026)

• anti-gang political opinion; definition of political opinion; discrete cause tied to a government; de facto government; f...

Taveras Martinez v. Blanche, No. 24-1741 (1st Cir. Apr. 17, 2026)

• adjustment of status; clear error review; use of false identity and intent; discretion

Matter of A-M-Z-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 551 (BIA 2026)

• due process; prejudice; no right to closing argument; Coptic Christians; Muslim Brotherhood; adverse credibility; Egypt 

Matter of M-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 556 (BIA 2026)

• alleged national security threat to Jewis...

Velazquez-Olais v. Blanche, No. 25-1244 (7th Cir. Apr. 6, 2026) 

•  FARO; Riley; ICE emails; review of ICE decision refusing to reopen FARO 

Matter of Bolivar-Bolivar, 29 I&N Dec. 548 (BIA 2026) 

• termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage; DHS need not appear; Tepec-Garcia 

Gamas-Vicente v. Blanche, No. 25-3415 (6th Cir. Apr. 7, 2026) 

• particular social group exhaustion; ...

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• NOID sent to wrong address; I-864 lawsuit; diversity visa lawsuit

Eskilian v. Bondi, No. 20-72157 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026)

• due diligence for stateless people; no Lozada where ineffective assistance of counsel plain; Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7 vacatur; equitable tolling of time and number bar; Soviet Armenia

Verduzco Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 18-71787 (9th Cir. Apr. 1, 2026)

•  reinstatement;...

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Herrera Avila v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-3248 (8th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026)

• mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; Buenrostro-Mendez

Matter of Mercado-Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 529 (BIA 2026)

• reliability of Form I-213; termination; presumption of reliability; establishing alienage; rebutting § 212 charge 

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United States v. Aguayo-Montes, No. 24-4072 (10th Cir. Mar. 17, 2026)

• Padilla; ineffective assistance of counsel; affirmative misadvice; duty to inform of near certain removal; prima facie prejudice; insufficiency of plea warnings;affidavits; 

Matter of Arevalo-Vargas, 29 I&N Dec. 519 (BIA 2026)

• qualifying relative child ageing out during appeal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; children forced to pay ...

Sufiyan v. Bondi, No. 22-6392 (2d. Cir. Mar. 12, 2026)

• material support of terrorism waiver; duress; requirement to decide asylum and withholding of removal eligibility in the alternative

Matter of Texperts, Inc., 29 I&N Dec. 491 (AAO 2026)

• fraud finding after withdrawal of application or petition; timely retraction; multiple H-1B petitions for same beneficiary; distinction between fraud or willful misrepresentation a...

Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, No. 24-777 (U.S. Mar. 4, 2026)

• substantial evidence; past persecution review; INA § 242(b); Guerro-Lasprila; Wilkinson; mixed question of law and fact

Ortez Reyes v. USCIS, No. 25-1391 (4th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026)

• jurisdiction; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); pure question of law exempt; I-730; derivative asylum statute with removal order

Matter of D-J-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 485 ...

United States v. Lightsey, No. 20-13682 (11th Cir. Feb. 26, 2026)

• Florida attempt crimes; attempted robbery in violation of Fla Stat § 812.13(2)(b); crime of violence; Taylor; cocaine; prior precedent rule; Abrada-Hechavarria et al. v. Bondi (11th Cir.) (separate parole issue (unpub))

Matter of Forjoe, 29 I&N Dec. 463 (BIA 2026)

• admission; INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; discretion; retroactivity; extreme hardship; separat...

Barrie v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-12504 (11th Cir. Feb. 19, 2026) 

• aggravated felony rape definition; statutory interpretation; rule against superfluity; review of comparable federal statutes; attempted sexual abuse in violation of  D.C. Code § 22-3002(a)(1); digital penetration 

Matter of L-S-C-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 451 (BIA 2026) 

• remand for biometrics checks; interests of finality; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.47(...