Hon. Jeffrey S. Chase, May 16, 2024 "In 2003, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees published Guidelines for applying the bars to asylum known internationally as the “exclusion...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, May 14, 2024 "In “What if the Job Has Changed Since the Labor Certification Was Approved Many Years Ag o” we discussed strategies for noncitizen workers...
Blanford v. USCIS "Because of a consular officer’s suspicions over a $900 payment, two children have spent the last seven years in a Liberian orphanage instead of with their adoptive parents...
EOIR, May 10, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 20 immigration judges—18 immigration judges who joined courts in California, Georgia...
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO TERMINATE THE FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES News coverage here and here .
"In her motion to reopen, the respondent has provided evidence that she suffered physical, mental, and sexual abuse in EI Salvador at the hands of family members when she was very young, and similar abuse later in her life at the hands of a man she calls her common law husband. In light of recent Board precedent and the evidence presented by the respondent in her motion to reopen, the Court finds good cause to reopen the respondent's motion by means of its sua sponte authority, to allow the respondent an opportunity to develop her claim for relief from removal. ... The Court further notes that the record reflects that the respondent is currently detained by Immigration, Customs and Enforcement at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Virginia. Accordingly, the Court also finds good cause to change venue to Arlington, Virginia." - Matter of X, Nov. 26, 2014, El Paso Immigration Court. [Hats off to Sarah K. Bazzi!]