Jeffrey S. Chase, Aug. 16, 2020 "In Akosung v. Barr , a young woman from Cameroon had been sentenced against her will to marry the village chieftain, or Fon , in order to settle a family debt. Not wishing to suffer this fate, she first hid locally... Read More
Diaz-Reynoso v. Barr "Sontos Maudilia Diaz-Reynoso, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order dismissing her appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order denying her application... Read More
Ordonez Azmen v. Barr "Mario Ordonez Azmen petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to remand and dismissing his appeal of the denial of his asylum and statutory withholding claims under the... Read More
Guzman Orellana v. Barr "We must now decide three issues: (1) whether persons who publicly provide assistance to law enforcement against major Salvadoran gangs constitute a cognizable particular social group for purposes of asylum and withholding... Read More
Matter of E-R-A-L-, 27 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2020) (1) An alien’s status as a landowner does not automatically render that alien a member of a particular social group for purposes of asylum and withholding of removal. (2) To establish a particular... Read More
Enamorado-Rodriguez v. Barr "Darlin Eleazar EnamoradoRodriguez ("Enamorado"), a Honduran national, came to the United States at age fifteen and sought asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture... Read More
Boston Immigration Judge Paul M. Gagnon granted asylum in a DV-based case, recognizing "Guatemalan women" as a particular social group. ICE reserved, but did not appeal, so the decision is final . The IJ addressed Matter of A-B- in several places... Read More
Link to the July 29, 2019 A.G. decision here . Link to briefs and other materials collected by CLINIC Legal here . Read More
Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 581 (A.G. 2019) (1) In Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017), the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly recognized the respondent’s father’s immediate family as a “particular social group”... Read More
Gonzalez Ruano v. Barr "In September 2016, members of a Mexican drug cartel kidnapped, tortured, and threatened to kill petitioner Mauricio Gonzalez Ruano, who was living with his family in the Mexican state of Jalisco. ... We find that the record... Read More
Paul W. Schmidt, Mar. 21, 2019 "JUSTICE PREVAILS AGAIN IN IMMIGRATION COURTS EVEN IN THE “POST-A-B-“ ERA — Outstanding Analysis By Judge Eileen Trujillo Of The U.S. Immigration Court In Denver, CO, Recognizes “Women In Mexico”... Read More
James S. Lamb writes: "Nuclear family PSG and a quasi-non-state persecutor (quasi, on account of government corruption and involvement of certain officials). Case is pre-Matter of A-B-. ... fact heavy ... Trujillo wrote a good opinion ." Read More
Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 494 (A.G. 2018) BEFORE THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL 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.... Read More
Matter of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 227 (A.G. 2018) - The Attorney General referred the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals to himself for review of issues relating to whether being a victim of private criminal activity constitutes a cognizable “particular... Read More
CLINIC (Bradley Jenkins) writes: "CLINIC recently received word from counsel of record in Matter of L-A- (also known as the "family as particular social group" amicus invitation from the Board ) that DHS has filed their supplemental brief... Read More