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...
"Because the Immigration Judge erred in finding that the respondent's request for a continuance to permit the respondent to appear in federal court on a criminal sentencing matter was unreasonable and not supported by good cause (I.J. at 2), the record will be remanded to the Immigration Judge to permit the respondent to seek voluntary departure. ...
[W]e disagree with the Immigration Judge's comments that the respondent's former attorney acted frivolously in pursuing requests for a continuance and for administrative closure (U. at 4). Rather, we find that the respondent's former counsel simply attempted to pursue all reasonable avenues for the respondent, and that none of the actions she took on behalf of the respondent lacked an arguable basis in law or fact or were intended to cause unnecessary delay (I.J. at 4). See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.102(j)(1). We caution that rash and inflammatory comments impugning the motives of a party's attorney are not appropriate, and that great care must be taken to assure that sufficient justification exists for suggesting that an attorney's conduct has been unprofessional." - Matter of X-, Sept. 17, 2014. [Hats off to Jordan Forsythe!]