Arizona v. Garland "This is a challenge by 19 states to an administrative action of the Executive Branch establishing a new procedure for adjudicating asylum applications under federal immigration...
Moran v. Mayorkas "At the time of Mr. Valadez Moran's birth, it is more likely than not that his mother, Ms. Moran, was a citizen of the United States by virtue of her birth in Elsa, Texas on...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/19/2024 "Notice of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan...
Courtesy of AILA; AILA Doc. 24022603 "The Department of State’s Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Consular Affairs (L/CA), in coordination with the Visa Office in the Bureau of Consular...
Abdulahad v. Garland "Walid Abdulahad petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (the “Board”) denial of his motion to reopen based on changed country conditions...
Ojo v. Lynch, Feb. 16, 2016 - "Adebowale Oloyede Ojo, a native of Nigeria and the adopted son of a United States citizen, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”) denying a motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In so ruling, the BIA relied on its administrative interpretation of a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act (the “INA”) relating to adopted children, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(E)(i). That provision is not ambiguous in the way asserted by the BIA, however, and thus does not contain a gap that Congress has left for the BIA to fill. Moreover, the BIA’s interpretation — which summarily disregards facially valid state court orders — is contrary to law. We therefore grant the petition for review, vacate the BIA’s decision, and remand for further proceedings." [Hats off to Caleb Griffin!]
"Henry Caleb Griffin, who represents Ojo, told Law360 that the case is a “ray of hope,” but warned that onlookers shouldn’t overstate the impact of the decision. “I’ve been hearing some people talk about how a lot of people who have adoption problems will now be able to get their citizenship. I want to say not necessarily — it depends on whether the family court judge believes the situation warrants a nunc pro tunc order,” Griffin said. “And it’s a pretty high standard.”"