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Sylvestre v. Garland , Case: 20-71316, 06/09/2021, ID: 12139702, DktEntry: 54, Page 1 of 1 (text of Order copied from PACER; official CA9 PDF not yet live) "Before: SILVERMAN, NGUYEN, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges. The government’s unopposed...

Aden v. Wilkinson "Abdi Ali Asis Aden petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (the “BIA” or “Board”) dismissal of his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications...

Matter of K-S-E-, 27 I&N Dec. 818 (BIA 2020) For purposes of determining whether an alien is subject to the firm resettlement bar to asylum, a viable and available offer to apply for permanent residence in a country of refuge is not negated by the...

CLINIC, Apr. 24, 2019 " ... [M]etering at the border continues and has resulted in thousands of individuals seeking asylum under U.S. law (“U.S. asylum seekers”) stranded on the Mexican side of the border. Practitioners should therefore...

Arrey v. Barr "[W]e conclude that the Board erred as a matter of law in its analysis and application of the “firm resettlement” rule. As to Arrey’s claim for relief under CAT, we conclude that substantial evidence does not support...

"In reviewing the immigration judge’s decision, the BIA applied Fourth Circuit law because the final immigration court hearing was physically held in Virginia, and accordingly the BIA did not consider whether Thiam was firmly resettled under...

Matter of D-X- & Y-Z- , Interim Decision #3737, 25 I&N Dec. 664 (BIA 2012) - (1) A facially valid permit to reside in a third country constitutes prima facie evidence of an offer of firm resettlement pursuant to section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi) of the...