USCIS, Nov. 13, 2024 "Policy Highlights • Provides that Afghan nationals who arrived in the United States during OAW and received a full immigration medical examination conducted by a blanket...
Visa Bulletin for December 2024
Transcript of Nov. 12, 2024 oral argument here . Link to briefs here . Link to case preview here .
Texas v. US : "The court declares that defendants lack statutory authority under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) itself (as opposed to under other provisions modifying or supplementing that authority...
Branski v. Brennan Seng "USCIS did not adequately explain its conclusion that Branski failed to identify “[p]ublished material about [him] in professional or major trade publications or other...
Former IJ Jeffrey S. Chase writes: "[Here] is a recent (May 20) grant of asylum by IJ Steve Morley in Philadelphia, who, you may remember, was the IJ who was targeted and had cases taken off his docket for refusing to order a minor respondent removed without proof that he had received proper notice, in spite of Sessions’ interest in the case. Judge Morley granted asylum in a written decision based on a particular social group consisting of “Guatemalan women.” This case is unusual in that the asylum-seeker was not found to have suffered past persecution; Judge Morley found a well-founded fear based on a “pattern or practice” of persecution against women in Guatemala, based on evidence that 45 percent of women in Guatemala have suffered violence in their lifetimes. This is a true hero of judicial independence."
[Hats off to Adriana Mitchell!]