Hats off to my associate, Samantha Hechtman , who writes: "Respondent is a native and citizen of Antigua Barbuda. He entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident on January 30, 1988. Respondent was detained by ICE on November 14, 2016... Read More
Matter of X-, June 25, 2018, unpublished - "The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") timely appeals the Immigration Judge's January 12, 2018, decision granting the applicant's application for withholding of removal under the... Read More
Matter of X-, Feb. 7, 2018, unpublished - "[W]e agree with the respondent's contention that in denying his motion to reopen, the Immigration Judge erroneously denied him the opportunity to testify regarding the amount of monetary loss involved... Read More
Matter of X-, Apr. 19, 2018 - "We conclude upon de novo review, that equitable tolling of the reopening deadline is appropriate in this case. ... Given the evidence of record that the respondent spoke Triqui fluently and only "basic Spanish... Read More
CLINIC Training and Legal Support Senior Attorney Michelle N. Mendez writes: "The ASAP team of Swapna Reddy, Dorothy Tegeler, and Liz Willis has done it again. With just a few days before her check-in with Atlanta ICE ERO, a mother reached out to... Read More
"On de novo review, we are not persuaded by the DHS's appellate arguments to disturb the Immigration Judge's decision to terminate these removal proceedings. We agree with the Immigration Judge's conclusion, as set forth in his well-reasoned... Read More
Matter of K-D-H- (Oct. 5, 2017, unpub.) Please read the attached IJ decision. No surprise to those of us in the trenches, but perhaps a wake-up call to those who think the asylum system is easy. Hats off to Marty Rosenbluth ! Read More
Matter of X-, Apr. 16, 2018, unpub . [Hats off to David Antón Armendáriz !] Read More
Matter of K-K-R- (Mar. 9, 2018, unpub.) - "The only issue on appeal is whether Minn. Stat. § 609.713, subd. 1, is a CIMT. We agree with the Immigration Judge that Avendano v. Holder is not dispositive. The Immigration Judge correctly observed... Read More
Matter of X-, Nov. 15, 2017, unpub . [Hats off to James G. Martin !] Read More
Kim Hunter writes: "Respondent, a Somali national, moved for reopening of his 2003 removal order, arguing that: 1) he was eligible for asylum, withholding, and CAT due to changed country conditions; 2) he was eligible for readjustment of status through... Read More
Jodi Goodwin writes: "Thought you all would be interested in the attached unpublished BIA decision in which the Board (Pauley) follows the Fifth's decision in Lugo-Resendez. [ Lugo-Resendez v. Lynch , 831 F.3d 337 (5th Cir. 2016)] As background... Read More
Camiel Becker writes: " I am writing to share a recent BIA win by Becker & Lee LLP attorney Melissa Phatharanavik . The case involves a Guatemalan man who was granted withholding of removal due to police corruption in Guatemala. An Immigration... Read More
"The applicant, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, appeals from an Immigration Judge's decision, dated June 8, 2017, denying his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (Convention), 8 C.F.R. § 1208.17. The... Read More
IRAC, Jan. 25, 2018 - "The Immigrant & Refugee Appellate Center, LLC, is pleased to release the 2018 edition of its Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals . The Index now contains links to more than 2,000 unpublished... Read More