DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the...
Atud v. Garland (unpub.) "Mathurin A. Atud petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on alleged ineffective...
Shen v. Garland "Peng Shen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. An Immigration Judge ...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/25/2024 "On January 17, 2017, DHS published a final rule with new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case...
Lance Curtright reports: "After the 5th Circuit’s initial decision in Membreno, [ Membreno-Rodriguez v. Garland, 95 F.4th 219 ] my law partner Paul Hunker (a new AILA member!) reached out to...
"After careful consideration of the Petition and the memoranda supporting and opposing the Government’s Motion to Dismiss, the Court, for the reasons that follow, GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the Government’s Motion to Dismiss, DECLARES that the physical presence requirements under 8 U.S.C. § 1409, as that statute applied at the time of Petitioner’s birth, violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the Fifth Amendment, and GRANTS Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. ...
Importantly, this remedy does not amount to a grant of citizenship. Under the Court’s analysis of the constitutionality of § 1409(a) and (c), Petitioner has always been a United States citizen. ...
Absent the impermissible gender-based discrimination between unmarried citizen parents at issue here, Petitioner was a citizen as of his birth." - Villegas-Sarabia v. Johnson, Aug. 17, 2015.
[Hats way off to Lance Curtright!]