PM 25-20 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 23-02
In Tumi v. Higgins , Vermont Federal District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ruled that USCIS' denial of Tumi's O-1A visa petition on behalf of famous designer Nicolas Baurain was arbitrary and capricious...
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...
Matter of X-, June 14, 2016- "[W]e conclude that the respondent filed her asylum application within a reasonable period of her seeking and receiving mental health services that treated her PTSD symptoms, specifically the avoidance that affected her ability to apply for asylum. Ultimately, we conclude that the respondent's delay in filing was reasonable given these extraordinary circumstances, and we therefore reverse the Immigration Judge's determination that the respondent did not establish an exception to the I-year filing deadline."
[Hats off to Ann Wennerstrom!]