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...
Perez Perez v. Cuccinelli, en banc, 9-6
"[W]e conclude that the Agency’s interpretation of the SIJ provision — that clause (i) requires a permanent custody order — is entitled to no deference, defies the plain statutory language, and impermissibly intrudes into issues of state domestic relations law. Consequently, we reverse the judgment and remand with instructions to grant Felipe’s motion to set aside the Agency’s final action denying him SIJ status. ... The dissent’s endeavor to demonize Felipe is wholly inappropriate, unfair, and dispiriting. ... There is no justification for the dissent’s dismal portrait of Felipe."
[Hats off to Bradley Bruce Banias!]