On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Wilkinson v. Garland. Issue: Whether an agency determination that a given set of established facts does not rise to the...
On Nov. 17, 2023 the AAO reversed an EB-2 National Interest Waiver denial by the Texas Service Center, saying: "The Petitioner has met the requisite three prongs set forth in the Dhanasar analytical...
ICE, Aug. 15, 2023 "This Directive provides guidance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel about Red Notices published by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL...
Georgianna Pisano Goetz, Nov. 24, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security has been pushing inconsistent arguments about the meaning of parole under the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, needlessly...
USCIS, Nov. 16, 2023 "Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) published a temporary final...
ballero-Martinez v. Barr
"[W]e ask the BIA to explain its decision not to apply the Sanchez-Sosa factors to Caballero-Martinez’s remand request in its December analysis. In short, we ask the BIA to explain why it ultimately made no difference that Caballero-Martinez included a U Visa filing receipt in his renewed motion when Sanchez-Sosa suggests a completed application weighs in favor of pausing the removal process."
[Hats off to Matthew L. Hoppock!]