This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/30/2023 "On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of State (Department of State) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Wilkinson v. Garland. Issue: Whether an agency determination that a given set of established facts does not rise to the...
On Nov. 17, 2023 the AAO reversed an EB-2 National Interest Waiver denial by the Texas Service Center, saying: "The Petitioner has met the requisite three prongs set forth in the Dhanasar analytical...
ICE, Aug. 15, 2023 "This Directive provides guidance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel about Red Notices published by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL...
Georgianna Pisano Goetz, Nov. 24, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security has been pushing inconsistent arguments about the meaning of parole under the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, needlessly...
IRAC - "In this unpublished decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held that possession of marijuana with intent to distribute under 35 Pa. Cons. Stat. 780-113(a)(30) is not an aggravated felony because there exists a reasonable probability that the statute would apply to the distribution of a small amount of marijuana for no remuneration. The Board stated that the existence of a separate statute specifically criminalizing the distribution of a small amount of marijuana for no remuneration did not affect its conclusion, because Pennsylvania permits prosecutors to charge defendants under a general penal provision even when their conduct is more closely tied to a specific statute. The decision was issued by Member Roger Pauley and was joined by Member Anne Greer and Member Garry Malphrus." [Hats off to Daniel B. Conklin!]
Matter of Rodriguez-Trinidad, A044-892-640, Feb. 24, 2016, unpub.