Farhane v. US "Over a decade ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment requires criminal defense counsel to advise her client whether a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation. Today...
OFLC, Oct. 29, 2024 "Pursuant to 20 CFR 655.154(d), the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Administrator announces the annual determination of labor supply states (LSS). LSS are additional...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Oct. 29, 2024 "In a previous blog , we analyzed Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly , 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012), a seminal Board of Immigration Appeals case which...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing this document...
Francois v. Garland "Petitioner Alex Francois appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)’s decision dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge (IJ)’s order denying withholding...
"[W]e grant Hanna’s petition for review, reverse the BIA’s holding that Hanna’s admission is binding, and relieve Hanna of his attorney’s concession of removability. Because the BIA’s determination that Hanna is removable is predicated on this concession, we reverse the finding that Hanna is removable. We remand to the BIA to determine, consistent with this opinion, whether Hanna’s specific offense under Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.82 is a crime involving moral turpitude." - Hanna v. Holder, Jan. 17, 2014. [Hats off to Faten Tina Shuker!]