Here is the Memo; here is the Order. NOTE: Earlier today, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour GRANTED a Preliminary Injunction in WA v. Trump. I will post his Memo and...
PM 25-18 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 22-06 AND REINSTATEMENT OF POLICY MEMORANDUM 20-05 PM 25-19 - EOIR’S ANTI-FRAUD PROGRAM
Funez-Ortiz v. McHenry "For nearly ten years, a Honduran gang conducted a campaign of terror and violence in Honduras against Petitioner Melvin Funez-Ortiz and his family. The gang murdered several...
PM 25-16 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 23-04 PM 25-17 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 22-05 AND REINSTATEMENT OF POLICY MEMORANDA 19-05, 21-06, AND 21-13
PM 25-13 - OCAHO PM 25-14 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 23-03 AND REINSTATEMENT OF POLICY MEMORANDUM 20-03 PM 25-15 - OFFICE OF LEGAL ACCESS PROGRAMS
Okpala v. Whitaker - "Petitioner Okey Garry Okpala [pro se]requests review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) deportation order. Because the BIA erred in construing 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) to apply to an individual who was a naturalized citizen at the time of conviction, we grant the petition for review and vacate the BIA’s deportation order. ... Okpala contends that the BIA erred in construing 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) to apply to him because he was a naturalized citizen at the time of his convictions. We agree. ... [W]e conclude that Okpala was not rendered an “alien” at the time of conviction by nature of his subsequent ab initio denaturalization. Consequently, Okpala is not subject to deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because he was a naturalized citizen at the time he was convicted. ... [W]e grant petition for review and vacate the deportation order."