Cyrus Mehta, Sept. 9, 2019 "Filing lawsuits in federal court to challenge erroneous denials of visa petitions by USCIS have become more frequent. There is more of a shot at a reversal when a federal judge reviews a denial of the USICS. Under the... Read More
Matter of M-A-C-O-, 27 I&N Dec. 477 (BIA 2018) An Immigration Judge has initial jurisdiction over an asylum application filed by a respondent who was previously determined to be an unaccompanied alien child but who turned 18 before filing the application... Read More
Matter of Bermudez-Cota, 27 I&N Dec. 441 (BIA 2018) - A notice to appear that does not specify the time and place of an alien’s initial removal hearing vests an Immigration Judge with jurisdiction over the removal proceedings and meets the requirements... Read More
Hussam F. v. Sessions - "Four years ago, Petitioner came to the United States on a K-1 fiancé visa, using a Syrian passport. Although he was a Syrian citizen, his family had fled Syria decades ago to escape persecution. Petitioner therefore... Read More
Osorio-Martinez v. Attorney General - "Because we conclude that the INA strips the federal courts of jurisdiction to review Petitioners’ challenge to their expedited removal orders, we must confront a second question, this one of constitutional... Read More
Bermudez-Ariza v. Sessions - "This case requires us to address the scope of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) jurisdiction on remand from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Javier Bermudez-Ariza applied for... Read More
Gonzalez-Alarcon v. Macias - "Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration... Read More
Matter of L-M-P-, 27 I&N Dec. 265 (BIA 2018) - (1) The Department of Homeland Security has the authority to file a motion to reconsider in Immigration Court. (2) An applicant in withholding of removal only proceedings who is subject to a reinstated... Read More
Mehta v. DOS, May 16, 2016 - "This matter comes before the Court on Defendants United States Department of State, et al. (collectively, “State Department”)’s Motion to Dismiss pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), Dkt. #27. The... Read More
Alvarez v. ICE, Mar. 24, 2016 - "Although we hold that § 1252(g) does not bar us from considering the merits of Alvarez’s claim, we also find that no Bivens remedy is available to him, both because the Immigration and Nationality Act sets... Read More
"Sunil Kurapati and his wife Bharathi Mallidi, natives and citizens of India, appeal from the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of their complaint challenging the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’... Read More
Holguin-Mendoza v. Lynch, Aug. 25, 2016 - "We find these cases to be persuasive authority and likewise conclude that a BIA decision which resolves the merits of an appeal but remands for further proceedings as to voluntary departure is a final order... Read More
Ayala v. Sessions, May 1, 2017 - "After having been previously removed from the country and reentering, petitioner Silvia Ayala was detained and her removal order was reinstated. Ayala contended, however, that she had a reasonable fear of persecution... Read More
"The respondent appeals from the Immigration Judge's March 13, 2014, decision determining that she lacked jurisdiction under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(c) to consider his request for a change in custody status. ... The instant appeal requires us... Read More
"We have concluded that although we cannot decide the case on the basis that there has been a change in power in Guinea, our precedents and 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A) on the one hand and the seemingly appropriate way to proceed in this matter... Read More