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...
In September 2023 Andrew L. Wizner and Brian Schmitt filed this lawsuit in Connecticut. In October 2023 Mr. Schmitt filed this lawsuit in Maryland.
UPDATE: On Dec. 21, 2023 Brian Schmitt wrote: "I have decisive action on both of the J-2 litigations. A few hours ago, DOS issued favorable recommendations on both. ... Nothing remarkable occurred aside from really pouring all the arguments out into the complaints. Preliminary discussions with DOJ on Zerin Khan (D.Conn.) indicated that the complaint was so complex that OIL entered their appearance and the U.S. Attorney indicated that they were having trouble getting agency coordination because of “use it or lose it leave policy,” where the end of the year is the cut off. On the Cordero (D.Md.) they just sought a month extension. OIL also entered their appearance on this. Reading between the lines, the sum total of what happened is that DOS was threatened by invalidation of the J-2 regs and they caved. There are other pressure points throughout the complaints. But when they resolve like this, you never truly know what the decisive blow was to score the victory."
[Hats off to Brian and law clerk Aaron Pentheny!]