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Escobar Gomez v. Garland "Carlos Escobar Gomez seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his application for asylum. The BIA determined that Escobar Gomez was ineligible for asylum because he failed to establish...

Aleman-Medrano v. Garland "Aleman-Medrano’s central argument on appeal is that the agency [EOIR: the IJ and the BIA] erred at the second step of the analysis, improperly rejecting his claim that he was targeted by gang members “on account...

Vasquez-Rodriguez v. Garland "We conclude that the approach set forth in Matter of E-A-G- [24 I. & N. Dec. 591 (B.I.A. 2008)] is inconsistent with the requisite fact-based analysis of proposed particular social groups. ... We do not suggest...

Portillo Flores v. Garland "When he was 15 years old, Hernan Portillo-Flores (“Petitioner”), a resident of El Salvador, sought refuge in the United States. When Petitioner was living in El Salvador, El Pelón, a leader of the...

April 19, 2021 is the big day. Here is a link to all the briefs. Here is a link to "The Attack on TPS," by David Wilson and Kelsey Friberg, Dec. 31, 2020. And here is a link to "Their Lawsuit Prevented 400,000 Deportations. Now It’s...

Acevedo Granados v. Garland "Petitioner Wilber Agustin Acevedo Granados (“Acevedo”), a native of El Salvador, petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an order of removal...

State Department, Feb. 6, 2021 "The United States has suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as the first concrete steps on the path to greater...

Amaya v. Rosen "[T]he only issue before us with respect to Amaya’s withholding claim is the narrow question of whether the PSG “former Salvadoran MS-13 members” is sufficiently particular. ... We are mindful that two of our sister...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 "The Department of Homeland Security is publishing the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador for Cooperation...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 237 / Wednesday, December 9, 2020 "Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces actions to ensure its continued compliance with the preliminary injunction orders of the U.S. District Court...

Portillo Flores v. Barr, Nov. 25, 2020 "A majority of judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in a requested poll of the court to grant the petition for rehearing en banc, IT IS ORDERED that rehearing en banc is granted...

J.R. v. Barr "[W]e hold that substantial evidence does not support the BIA’s conclusion that the El Salvadoran government was both able and willing to control the Mara-18 gang whose members attacked JR and killed his son. ... Petition for...

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...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Feb. 6, 2020 "Warren, Menendez Lead Senators Questioning Agreements Used by the Trump Administration to Expel Asylum Seekers to Northern Triangle Countries Touted in the State of the Union Address, the Trump Administration's...

Deported to Danger: United States Deportation Policies Expose Salvadorans to Death and Abuse - Human Rights Watch, Feb. 5, 2020 "The US government has deported people to face abuse and even death in El Salvador. The US is not solely responsible—Salvadoran...