Platino-Bargas v. Garland (unpub.) "After reviewing the record, briefs of the parties, and previously filed joint motion of the Government and Petitioner to remand, we grant the motion to remand this case to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for further...
Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland "The Petitioners’ arguments regarding due-process and the “Guatemalan female children without parental protection” PSG were not raised before the BIA and are thus unreviewable, but the BIA’s no-nexus determination...
Human Rights Watch, Dec. 5, 2024 "United States Border Patrol agents are denying asylum access to families fleeing violence in Mexico, treating them abusively and dismissively, and returning them to the country they fled in fear. Current practices violate...
Escobar Larin v. Garland "Jose Rodolfo Escobar Larin ("Escobar"), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") that affirmed the denial of his claims for asylum, withholding...
Michelle N. Méndez, Director of Legal Resources and Training, National Immigration Project reports: "On November 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted final approval of the settlement agreement in J.O.P. v. DHS , No...
TRAC, Nov. 25, 2024 "Wide differences in Immigration Judge asylum denial rates are evident across many Courts in the latest release of TRAC’s Immigration Judge report series. These new reports update each judge’s asylum decisions over the past...
Matter of D-M-R-, Nov. 15, 2024 Hats off to Dr. Alicia Triche !
TRAC, Nov. 19, 2024 "Asylum seekers are having less and less success at their individual hearings before an Immigration Judge. The latest case-by-case Court records for October 2024 show asylum grant rates had declined to just 35.8 percent. This is in down...
Aleman-Belloso v. Garland "Jose Ernesto Aleman-Belloso (“Aleman”), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) adopting and affirming an Immigration Judge’s...
Alexandra Ribe at Murray Osorio PLLC reports: "I wanted to share a case that my firm recently won with the BIA. It is unpublished but definitively states that regardless of whether proceedings are consolidated, an IJ can grant derivative asylum after the principal...
Corpeno-Romero v. Garland "Candelaria De Los Angeles Corpeno-Romero and her child Javi Alexander Cornejo-Corpeno (“Petitioners”) seek review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) ordering them removed to El Salvador...
Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas "In 2016, Customs and Border Protection adopted a policy of “metering” asylum seekers at ports of entry along the border between Mexico and the United States. Under that policy, whenever border officials deemed a port...
Austin Kocher reviews Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum
Meza Diaz v. Garland "Petitioner Briseyda Meza Diaz (“Meza Diaz”) and her minor daughter, Gabriela Segundo Meza (“GSM”), fled Mexico after suffering a home invasion by hooded, armed men who held a weapon to Meza Diaz’s head...
Singh v. Garland (2-1) "Jaswinder Singh, a citizen and native of India, appeals the Board of Immigration’s (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his petition for asylum.1 He argues that the...