On July 10, 2023, a Fifth Circuit panel dismissed Mr. Argueta-Hernandez' petition for review for lack of jurisdiction, 73 F.4th 300. On Dec. 5, 2023 the panel (Higginbotham, Graves, and Douglas)...
Here is a look back at what I posted to this blog on Dec. 5, 2006 .
Matter of M-R-M-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2023) - If a persecutor is targeting members of a certain family as a means of achieving some other ultimate goal unrelated to the protected ground, family...
EOIR, Dec. 1, 2023 "Application Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2023"
American Immigration Council and the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, University of Minnesota Law School, Nov. 28, 2023 "This practice advisory...
Pangea v. DHS
"Defendants the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Pete Gaynor, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; Chad F. Wolf, in his official capacity, if any, as Acting Secretary of DHS; the United States Department of Justice (DOJ); William P. Barr, in his official capacity as United States Attorney General; Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR); James McHenry, in his official capacity as Director of the EOIR; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); Kenneth T. Cuccinelli in his official capacity as an Agent of DHS; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Tony H. Pham, in his official capacity as Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of U.S. ICE; United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP); Mark. A. Morgan, in his official capacity as Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of U.S. CBP; and defendants’ officers, agents, employees, attorneys, and any person acting in concert with them, or at their behest, and who has knowledge of this injunction, are preliminarily enjoined from implementing, enforcing, or applying the rule titled Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review, 85 Fed. Reg. 80274 (Dec. 11, 2020), or any related policies or procedures, including the Policy Memorandum entitled, Guidance Regarding New Regulations Governing Procedures For Asylum and Withholding of Removal and Credible Fear Reviews, issued by the Department of Justice on December 11, 2020."