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....
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 "On December 19, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule (2016 interim rule) amending its regulations...
"Because the Immigration Judge erred in finding that the respondent's request for a continuance to permit the respondent to appear in federal court on a criminal sentencing matter was unreasonable and not supported by good cause (I.J. at 2), the record will be remanded to the Immigration Judge to permit the respondent to seek voluntary departure. ...
[W]e disagree with the Immigration Judge's comments that the respondent's former attorney acted frivolously in pursuing requests for a continuance and for administrative closure (U. at 4). Rather, we find that the respondent's former counsel simply attempted to pursue all reasonable avenues for the respondent, and that none of the actions she took on behalf of the respondent lacked an arguable basis in law or fact or were intended to cause unnecessary delay (I.J. at 4). See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.102(j)(1). We caution that rash and inflammatory comments impugning the motives of a party's attorney are not appropriate, and that great care must be taken to assure that sufficient justification exists for suggesting that an attorney's conduct has been unprofessional." - Matter of X-, Sept. 17, 2014. [Hats off to Jordan Forsythe!]