DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the...
Atud v. Garland (unpub.) "Mathurin A. Atud petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings based on alleged ineffective...
Shen v. Garland "Peng Shen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. An Immigration Judge ...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/25/2024 "On January 17, 2017, DHS published a final rule with new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case...
Lance Curtright reports: "After the 5th Circuit’s initial decision in Membreno, [ Membreno-Rodriguez v. Garland, 95 F.4th 219 ] my law partner Paul Hunker (a new AILA member!) reached out to...
Prof. Alizabeth Newman at the Immigrant & Refugee Rights Clinic, CUNY School of Law, writes: "Attached is a holiday surprise from the BIA that might be of interest to others.
- Reversing IJ on the one yr. asylum bar finding extraordinary circumstances due to PTSD (entry 1984-filed 2008). They did not directly address (but seemed to have accepted) the reasonableness argument of not filing asylum immediately with the US government who was supporting the Pinochet regime that perpetrated the persecution.
- Affirming IJ on no terrorist bar- supporting IJ finding that government evidence was "vague" (labeled org. ["Movement of the Revolutionary Left" or "MIR"] without specifying terrorist activities) and contained "minimal source citation" and therefore insufficient to support allegations that org. was Tier III terrorist org. Also affirmed IJ's analysis of distinguishing dates of Respondent's individual involvement in org. from dates organization was designated a terrorist org.
- Granting remand on ineffective assistance finding substantial compliance with Lozada with attorney affidavit in lieu of complaint to disciplinary authorities." - Matter of V-T-, Dec. 12, 2012, unpub.