Immigration Law

Recent Posts

ICE Removes (Deports) Vides Casanova, Former Salvadoran Defense Minister
Posted on 8 Apr 2015 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"A former minister of defense of El Salvador was removed from the United States by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Wednesday, after the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA... Read More

Former Salvadoran Defense Minister Ordered Deported for Responsibility for Torture, Extrajudicial Killings: Matter of Vides Casanova
Posted on 12 Mar 2015 by Daniel M. Kowalski

Official Headnote: "The respondent is removable under section 237(a)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(4)(D) (2012), where the totality of the record supported the conclusion that, through his “command responsibility”... Read More

Summary of February 6, 2014 BIA Oral Argument: Matter of Vides Casanova
Posted on 12 Feb 2014 by Daniel M. Kowalski

Carolyn Patty Blum, Senior Legal Adviser, Center for Justice and Accountability, writes : "At oral argument before a three judge panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board” or “BIA”), Diego Handel, lawyer for Eugenio... Read More

DOJ Releases IJ Ruling Calling for Removal of Salvadoran General Vides Casanova
Posted on 12 Apr 2013 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"This week, in response to a lawsuit filed by The New York Times and Julia Preston, the Department of Justice released the ruling of an immigration judge stating that Salvadoran Defense Minister Vides Casanova is subject to removal from the United... Read More

General in El Salvador Killings in ’80s Can Be Deported, BIA Rules
Posted on 13 Mar 2015 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"In a decision setting a significant human rights precedent, an immigration appeals court has ruled that a former defense minister of El Salvador, a close ally of Washington during the civil war there in the 1980s, can be deported from the United... Read More

Former Salvadoran Defense Minister May Face Deportation for Murders
Posted on 26 Feb 2012 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"An immigration judge in Florida has cleared the way for the deportation from the United States of Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, a former defense minister of El Salvador, finding that he assisted in acts of torture and murder committed... Read More