Visa Bulletin For January 2019 CA4 on 'Clear and Convincing Evidence' - Mauricio-Vasquez v. Whitaker CLINIC Practice Advisory: Matter of L-A-B-R-, 27 I&N Dec. 405 (A.G. 2018) USCIS Policy Alert: Sufficiency of Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648) DHS Notice Regulates Activity Along Southwest Border Trump Administration Can’t Dodge Central American Child Refugee Claims: S.A. v. Trump USCIS Closes Havana Field Office on Dec. 10, 2018 USCIS Revises Interview Waiver Guidance for Form I-751 Judge Rules Colorado Sheriffs Have No Legal Authority to Hold Prisoners for ICE: Cisneros v. Elder CA9 on Trump's Asylum Ban: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump EB-5 Victory: Zhang v. USCIS CA9 on First Amendment, 'Encouraging and Inducing' - U.S. v. Sineneng-Smith A.G. on Cancellation, GMC, Multiple DUIs: Matter of Castillo-Perez, 27 I&N Dec. 495 (A.G. 2018) A.G. on Persecution, Social Group, Family Unit: Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 494 (A.G. 2018) CA4 on Asylum: Tairou v. Whitaker Proposed H-1B Rule (USCIS, Federal Register, Dec. 3, 2018) Cyrus Mehta - H-1B Visa Contest: US Master’s Degree v. Foreign Degree Updated NTA Guidance (USCIS, Nov. 15, 2018) N.Y. Court of Appeals on Petty Offense, Jury Trial, Immigration Consequences: People v. Suazo The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966: An Introduction and History Jennings Remanded to District Court TRO Granted: Trump's Asylum Ban Blocked by Federal Court Matter of Song, 27 I&N Dec. 488 (BIA 2018) Law Profs File Amicus Brief in in Matter of M-S-, 27 I&N Dec. 476 (A.G. 2018)
Federal Court Orders that Asylum Seekers Can Move Forward Challenging Delays EOIR Creates More Obstacles for Families Migratory Notes 93 (Dec. 13, 2018) OCAHO Levies $857K Civil Penalty in Immigration-Related Discrimination Case Ex-Judges Tell ICE to Stop Courthouse Arrests The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Dec. 2018) More 'Public Charge' Proposed Rule Comments Acting AG Whitaker Takes Aim at Asylum Seekers Fleeing Family-Based Persecution - Sophia Genovese Migratory Notes 92 (Dec. 5, 2018) Hon. Paul W. Schmidt on Winning Asylum and Saving Lives in the Era of A-B-; Seven Steps to Success Interpreting Pereira: A Hint of Things to Come? - Jeffrey S. Chase The Ninth Circuit’s Asylum Ban Ruling is a Message to Trump - Peter Margulies Trump Tipped His Undocumented Golf Club Housekeeper in Cash Born in Philadelphia, U.S. Citizen Held For Deportation to Jamaica by ICE - Lawsuit DHS, DOJ Argue Over 'Credible Fear' Asylum Rules Expert Predicts Congress Will Extend EB-5 Investor Visa Program N.J. A.G. Issues Statewide Directive Curtailing State and Local Police Participation in Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement City of Baltimore Sues Trump Administration for Executing Unlawful, Anti-Immigrant ‘Public Charge’ Policy Behind Closed Doors HHS OIG: Lack of Tornillo Staff FBI Background Checks, Low Number of Clinicians Pose 'Substantial Risks' to Detained Kids U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Total Dips to Lowest Level in a Decade - Pew Research 60 Minutes: Border Family Separations Began Earlier, Were Greater in Number than Trump Admits Trump is Not King, Cannot Change US Asylum System via Executive Action Expert: Trump's Asylum Ban May Head to Supreme Court