TRAC, Apr. 2024 "At the end of March 2024, 3,524,051 active cases were pending before the Immigration Court."
Sanchez-Perez v. Garland "One day after he pleaded guilty to violating a Tennessee domestic-violence law, the federal government initiated removal proceedings against Jose Yanel Sanchez-Perez. Ultimately...
In a letter dated April 12, 2024 the State Department and USCIS discuss "concerns about biometrics collection for applicants for T nonimmigrant status and petitioners for U nonimmigrant status abroad...
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "This final rule adopts and replaces regulations relating to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied...
Bouarfa v. Mayorkas Issue: Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria. Case below: 75 F.4th 1157 (11th Cir....
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appeals from the April 8, 2011, decision of an Immigration Judge terminating proceedings. On appeal, the DHS argues that the Immigration Judge erred by terminating proceedings because the DHS failed to establish alienage and that the Immigration Judge erred by finding that the DHS's evidence was unreliable because the respondent lacked mental competency. In addition, on appeal, the respondent argues that it would be a violation of due process to proceed with a hearing against her, given her lack of mental competency. We agree with the Immigration Judge that the DHS has not met its burden of proof of presenting "clear, convincing, and unequivocal" evidence of the respondent's foreign birth. See Woodby v. INS, 385 U.S. 276, 286 (1966). The DHS has submitted an I-213 and an l-215c to support its allegation that the respondent was born outside the United States. We find this evidence insufficient, however, because it is inconsistent and because it relies on information provided by the respondent, who lacked the requisite mental competency to provide reliable information." - Matter of Y-C-, Apr. 20, 2012, unpublished. [Hats off to the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic and the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project!]