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"The agency’s decision to deny Petitioner’s claims for asylum and restriction on removal cannot be upheld on any of the grounds given by the BIA. ... The record as a whole simply does not support the BIA’s conclusion that Petitioner...

Majority: "The IJ and the BIA determined that the government showed that there has been a fundamental change in circumstances such that Singh’s life or freedom would not be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership...

E-Mail to Stakeholders: "Dear Stakeholder, To enhance customer service and bolster program integrity, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is improving the way it processes Form I-730< http://www.uscis.gov/i-730 >, Refugee/Asylee...

Chen v. Garland "Petitioner Zuowei Chen is a native of China admitted to the United States on a student visa in 2009. Chen now seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and...

Associated Press, Dec. 24, 2016 - "A teenage blogger from Singapore whose supporters say is seeking asylum is in custody after being detained last week at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, U.S. immigration officials said Saturday. ...

"As China's most-wanted economic fugitives sits in a New Jersey jail seeking asylum in the United States, legal observers say the US and China may resolve her status through diplomacy.  The first hearing for Yang Xiuzhu took place on Tuesday...

MacArthur Fellow Margaret D. Stock (the founder of MAVNI) writes: "This is a new set of questions that the Asylum Officers are now asking Chinese asylum applicants who have studied in STEM fields in the US (which is practically everyone, as I think...

Nababan v. Garland "[W]e hold that the BIA committed legal error because it did not assess the individualized risk of persecution that Petitioners face due to their identity as evangelical Christians. Accordingly, we grant the petition for review...

Liang v. Atty. Gen. "Divide and conquer is a good military strategy but a bad judicial one. Judges must consider how related facts weave together into a narrative. Chinese officials caught Cha Liang practicing his faith, so they beat, jailed, and...

Tanusantoso v. Barr "Harmanto Tanusantoso and Wiwik Widayati (collectively, Petitioners) petitioned for review after the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied their third motion to reopen, in which they alleged a change of country conditions...

Qiu v. Barr "Petitioner Lizhi Qiu, a native and citizen of China, applied for asylum. She alleged that Chinese government officials subjected her to a forced abortion. An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied relief on the ground that Petitioner’s testimony...

Singh v. Whitaker "We hold that the BIA erred in failing to conduct a reasoned analysis with respect to Singh’s situation to determine whether, in light of the specific persons or entities that caused his past persecution, and the nature and extent...

Sihotang v. Sessions - "Motions to reopen — especially untimely motions to reopen — are disfavored in immigration cases. Consequently, an alien who seeks to reopen removal proceedings out of time ordinarily faces a steep uphill climb. This does not...

Sophia Tareen, Associated Press, Sept. 26, 2017 - "A teenage blogger from Singapore was released from U.S. custody on Tuesday following an immigration appeals court's decision to uphold his bid for asylum. Amos Yee, whose online posts mocking...

Singh v. Sessions, Apr. 14, 2017 (unpub.) - "[T]he agency required Singh to definitively establish his arrival date, and ignored evidence that Singh lived in India during the year preceding his filing, which was material to whether he filed his application...

Associated Press, Mar. 25, 2017 - "A blogger from Singapore who was jailed for his online posts blasting his government was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge ruled.  Amos Yee, 18, has been detained by federal immigration...

"On remand the Board must assess two matters in the first instance. ... First it must decide whether Wang’s attempted interference with the family-planning officials, when they came to his house threatening to implement population-control measures...

"Hongting Liu, a Chinese citizen in her mid-twenties, petitions for review of the denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal based on religious persecution. Because substantial evidence does not support the Immigration Judge...

"Upon our de novo review, we will reverse the Immigration Judge's conclusion that the harm the lead respondent experienced does not rise to the level of persecution. ... We will remand for the Immigration Judge to allow the Department of Homeland...

"Petitioner Marla Panoto and her husband, both Indonesian citizens, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming an order of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying her request for asylum....

"For the foregoing reasons, we grant the petition for review as it relates to the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal based on the petitioners’ fear of being subjected to involuntary sterilization under China’s one-child policy, and...

"Nepalese citizen Khagendra Sharma petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b) and the Convention Against Torture (CAT), arguing that he had...

"Mr. Sherpa argues that the IJ erred in failing to find a nexus between his past persecution—specifically the severe beating and frequent death threats—and his political opinion.  Mr. Sherpa alleges that as a result, the IJ erred in concluding that...

Ted Cox writes: "First BIA decision to affirmatively grant asylum on merits for Chinese one child policy case based on children born in the US!" - Matter of X-, July 15, 2013 .

"The respondent's motion alleges that a United States official advised her that in obtaining the respondent's travel documents, for the purpose of removal, he communicated by email with the Chinese Consulate in such a way as to breach the...