Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge in San Diego on Friday approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. officials from separating migrant families for crossing the U.S....
USCIS, Dec. 8, 2023 "The employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be higher than was typical before the pandemic, though lower than in FY 2021-2023. We are dedicated to...
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, Dec. 8, 2023 "A federal judge was poised Friday to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively...
In an unpublished decision dated Dec. 4, 2023 a panel of the Ninth Circuit remanded for a new hearing. The facts are stunning...unless you practice immigration law: "Because Lead Petitioner credibly...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/07/2023 "The Department of State (“Department”) is amending its regulation governing immigrant visas by removing...
Here is a link to the Sept. 21, 2021 oral argument video.
To recap: Tomczyk v. Wilkinson, 987 F.3d 815 - "DHS failed to apply the correct legal standard under 8 U.S.C.S. § 1231(a)(5) for entering an order reinstating the alien's deportation order because the alien had not "reentered the United States illegally" within the meaning of § 1231(a)(5) based solely on the fact of inadmissibility at the time of reentry, but rather, the act of reentering illegally under § 1231(a)(5) required some form of misconduct by the noncitizen. Petition granted and case remanded."
Subsequent History: Later proceeding at Tomczyk v. Garland, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 10288 (9th Cir., Apr. 9, 2021)
Vacated by, Rehearing granted by, En banc Tomczyk v. Garland, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 19970 (9th Cir., July 6, 2021)