Ortega-Lopez v. Barr "Ortega-Lopez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) [ Matter of Ortega-Lopez, 27 I&N Dec. 382 (BIA 2018) ] that he was ineligible for cancellation of... Read More

Kate Evans, Oct. 19, 2020 "On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Pereida v. Barr , an effort by Clemente Pereida, who has lived in the United States without authorization for nearly 25 years, to avoid mandatory deportation by presenting... Read More

Real-Mendoza v. Barr "[T]he Board erred in deeming Mr. Real-Mendoza ineligible for cancellation of removal based on the stop-time rule. Mr. Real-Mendoza had resided continuously in the United States for at least ten years, so the agency shouldn’t... Read More

Matter of Voss, 28 I&N Dec. 107 (BIA 2020) If a criminal conviction was charged as a ground of removability or was known to the Immigration Judge at the time cancellation of removal was granted under section 240A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality... Read More

Prof. Nancy Morawetz, Apr. 23, 2020 "Today’s Supreme Court decision in Barton v. Barr (see also here ), is disappointing on many levels. It ignores congressional intent and closes off relief for long term lawful permanent residents (LPRs... Read More

Barton v. Barr [Maj. Op.] "Barton argues that the BIA and the Eleventh Circuit misinterpreted the statute. He contends that the §1182(a)(2) offense that precludes cancellation of removal must be one of the offenses of removal. We disagree... Read More

Matter of J-J-G-, 27 I&N Dec. 808 (BIA 2020) (1) The exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for cancellation of removal is based on a cumulative consideration of all hardship factors, but to the extent that a claim is based on the health of... Read More

Ramos da Silva v. Atty. Gen. "Appellant Ludimilla Ramos Da Silva petitions for review of her final order of removal. She contends that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred when it concluded that her convictions for assaulting her husband’s... Read More

Flores-Abarca v. Barr "[W]e hold that the Oklahoma misdemeanor of transporting a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle is not one of the firearms offenses listed under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(C). Accordingly, this conviction does not disqualify... Read More

Marinelarena v. Sessions "We must decide whether, in the context of eligibility for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b), a record that is ambiguous as to whether a state law conviction constitutes a predicate offense that would... Read More

Jeffrey S. Chase, June 7, 2019 "On May 31, the BIA published a precedent decision in Matters of Andrade Jaso and Carbajal Ayala . In that decision, Board Member Garry Malphrus (writing for a panel that included Hugh Mullane and Ellen Liebowitz... Read More

Hernandez-Perez v. Whitaker - "Leonel Hernandez-Perez originally applied for cancellation of removal based on hardship that his removal would cause his U.S. citizen daughter, L. After that application was denied, he filed a motion to reopen removal... Read More

Matter of Castillo-Perez, 27 I&N Dec. 495 (A.G. 2018) Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(h)(1)(i), I direct the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) to refer this case to me for review of its decision. The Board’s decision in... Read More

Nguyen v. Sessions - "Vu Minh Nguyen, a citizen of Vietnam, immigrated to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in the year 2000, when he was eighteen years old. Fifteen years later, he was placed in removal proceedings and charged with... Read More

Matter of Calderon-Hernandez, ID 3763, 25 I&N Dec. 885 (BIA 2012) - An applicant for cancellation of removal seeking to establish exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his or her child is not required to provide an affidavit and other documentary... Read More