Akinsaya v. Garland "Rasheed Akinsanya is a Nigerian citizen. He has brought a petition for review challenging the administrative denial of his application for deferral of removal pursuant to the...
El Salvador (advance copy of FR notice here ) Venezuela Ukraine Sudan
DHS, Jan. 10, 2025 "Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, in consultation with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, designated Romania as a participating country in the Visa...
EOIR, Jan. 7, 2025 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced it will open a new immigration court in Indianapolis on Jan. 27, 2025, to meet the growing needs of our Indiana...
USCIS, Jan. 8, 2025 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for...
"We hold that the agency (1) abused its discretion in denying the motion to continue because it failed to apply the correct legal standard, (2) erred in its application of the modified categorical approach to determine whether petitionerʹs convictions for first‐degree sexual abuse under New York law constituted aggravated felonies relating to the sexual abuse of a minor, and (3) did not err in concluding that petitioner had been convicted of a particularly serious crime." - Flores v. Holder, Feb. 26, 2015. [Hats off to appointed pro bono counsel John W. Cerreta!]