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Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA1 CAT Remand: Hernandez-Martinez v. Garland (Guatemala)
Hernandez-Martinez v. Garland "To summarize, we hold that the harm inflicted in the past on Hernandez-Martinez clearly satisfied the severity element of torture as defined for purposes of adjudicating a claim for relief under the CAT. We leave...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 on Persecution, Social Group: Cristobal Antonio v. Garland
Cristobal Antonio v. Garland "Rebeca Cristobal Antonio, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) streamlined affirmance of the immigration judge’s (“IJ”...
Daniel M. Kowalski
1 month ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA3 on Guatemala, Law, Facts and Standard of Review: Saban-Cach v. Atty. Gen.
Saban-Cach v. Atty. Gen. "Based on past experiences, if returned to Guatemala, Selvin Heraldo Saban-Cach fears being persecuted by a local gang because of his identity as an indigenous person. Accordingly, he seeks withholding of removal under...
Daniel M. Kowalski
4 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
NY IJ Asylum Victory; Guatemala; Feminist Political Opinion
Michael Shannon writes: "I wanted to share a very good written decision from IJ Barbara Nelson , who granted asylum to my client based on her actual and imputed feminist political opinion under Hernandez-Chacon v. Barr . Now that the appeal period...
Daniel M. Kowalski
5 months ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 on CAT, Guatemala: De Leon Lopez v. Garland
De Leon Lopez v. Garland "Risvin Valdemar De Leon Lopez (“De Leon”), a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA4 on Nexus: Tomas-Ramos v. Garland
Tomas-Ramos v. Garland "After Adan de Jesus Tomas-Ramos, a citizen and native of Guatemala, reentered the United States illegally in 2018, a removal order previously entered against him was reinstated. But because Tomas-Ramos expressed a fear of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Asylum Victory in Denver...4 Years After Hearing!
Claudia Brett Goldin reports: "I'm very happy to share [this] decision from IJ Trujillo granting our client asylum based on her membership in the PSG "indigenous Mayan Guatemalan women." Huge congratulations to Eric Pavri , who tried...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA4 on Guatemala, Nexus: Argueta Diaz de Gomez v. Wilkinson
Argueta Diaz de Gomez v. Wilkinson "Diaz de Gomez claims that she received repeated death threats from a gang in Guatemala after she and her family witnessed a mass killing by gang members and refused to acquiesce to the gang’s extortion...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
DOS Suspends, Terminates Asylum Cooperative Agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
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...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Matter of E-R-A-L- Vacated: Practice Alert
CLINIC, Dec. 21, 2020 "On Dec. 10, 2020, the Ninth Circuit vacated the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of E-R-A-L-, 27 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2020) . CLINIC and the Duke University School of Law have published a practice alert...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories
Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, Nov. 19, 2020 "During the day, immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family. The authorities aren’t surprised by child labor. They’re...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
DHS Run Amok: Senate Staff Report
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Staff Report, Oct. 13, 2020 Michelle Hackman, José de Córdoba, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 13, 2020 "U.S. border agents working in Guatemala detained Honduran migrants intending to make...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Guatemala, U.S. Ink H-2 Visa Pact
Department of Labor, Sept. 17, 2020 "The U.S. Government, through efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, signed an updated bilateral cooperative agreement with Guatemala to facilitate increased transparency...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA9 on Circularity, Matter of A-B-, Guatemala, Social Group: Diaz-Reynozo v. Barr
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...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA4 on Asylum, Nexus, Political Opinion, Guatemala: Lopez Ordonez v. Barr
Lopez Ordonez v. Barr "Hector Daniel Lopez Ordonez was conscripted into the Guatemalan military when he was 15 years old. As part of the G-2 intelligence unit, Lopez Ordonez was ordered— and repeatedly refused—to torture and kill people...
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