Visa Bulletin For January 2025
Platino-Bargas v. Garland (unpub.) "After reviewing the record, briefs of the parties, and previously filed joint motion of the Government and Petitioner to remand, we grant the motion to remand...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas (9-0) "JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court. A common feature of our Nation’s complex system of lawful immigration is mandatory statutory rules paired with...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2024 "This final rule makes updates to reflect a statutory change to the class of individuals who may qualify for Special Immigrant Visas...
USCIS, Dec. 10, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that will support U.S. employers, foster economic growth, and improve access to employment authorization documents...
Anna Benvenue writes: "I just won summary judgment on a case in the Northern District of California in which my client's asylee adjustment application was denied by USCIS based on a finding that he was barred for terrorist inadmissibility. This is the same case that Judge Seeborg ordered the USCIS to adjudicate after it was on a TRIG hold for 6 years. After that order, the USCIS denied finding him inadmissible for material support to a terrorist organization using the same facts that formed the basis of his asylum application. Under the APA, Judge Seeborg found that collateral estoppel barred this finding absent new evidence after the asylum application was granted, citing the Fifth Circuit case in Amrollah." - Islam v. DHS, Sept. 25, 2015.