TRAC, Apr. 2024 "At the end of March 2024, 3,524,051 active cases were pending before the Immigration Court."
Sanchez-Perez v. Garland "One day after he pleaded guilty to violating a Tennessee domestic-violence law, the federal government initiated removal proceedings against Jose Yanel Sanchez-Perez. Ultimately...
In a letter dated April 12, 2024 the State Department and USCIS discuss "concerns about biometrics collection for applicants for T nonimmigrant status and petitioners for U nonimmigrant status abroad...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas Issue: Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria. Case below: 75 F.4th 1157 (11th Cir....
Zelaya de Ceron v. Lynch, May 4, 2016, unpub.- "The sole issue on appeal is whether substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that the Petitioners failed to show that the Salvadoran government is unable or unwilling to control gang violence, specifically at the hands of the Mara Salvatrucha (“MS gang”). ... We find it troubling that the agency decisions do not cite to the country conditions reports considering the reports support Petitioners’ claim that the Salvadoran police are unable to control gangs. ... The record as a whole does not support the agency’s conclusion that the Salvadoran police are able and willing to control the MS gang. The BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision only on this basis, without addressing the IJ’s alternative finding that the Petitioners did not show that any fear was linked to a protected ground. Because the BIA did not address whether there was a cognizable social group, we remand for further proceedings." [Hats off to Heather Axford!]