Hon. Jeffrey S. Chase, May 16, 2024 "In 2003, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees published Guidelines for applying the bars to asylum known internationally as the “exclusion...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, May 14, 2024 "In “What if the Job Has Changed Since the Labor Certification Was Approved Many Years Ag o” we discussed strategies for noncitizen workers...
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EOIR, May 10, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 20 immigration judges—18 immigration judges who joined courts in California, Georgia...
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO TERMINATE THE FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES News coverage here and here .
NILA, May 2, 2022
"On April 27, 2022, a panel of the Second Circuit issued a decision that, if permitted to stand, cuts off judicial review for individuals with fear-based claims who are subject to final removal orders under the reinstatement statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5). In Bhaktibhai-Patel v. Garland, No. 19- 2565, _ F.4th _, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 11370, 2022 WL 1230819 (2d Cir. 2022), the court dismissed a petition seeking review of a negative reasonable fear determination for lack of jurisdiction, finding the petitioner’s claims were not part of a final order and that the petition was not timely filed. This alert addresses the court’s decision, suggests strategies for litigating existing and future petitions for review in these cases, and encourages attorneys litigating these cases to contact the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project and/or National Immigration Litigation Alliance."