Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland "Petitioner Bessy Orbelina Castellanos-Ventura, a native and citizen of Honduras, seeks review of an April 19, 2021 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming a February 26, 2019 decision of an Immigration...
David L. Cleveland and the Louise Trauma Center provide documentation to assist attorneys in preparing asylum cases for clients from Cameroon here and here .
David Gura, David Fox, Bloomberg, Sept. 3, 2024 "The US asylum process is meant to offer a fair shot at safe haven. But new reporting from Bloomberg uncovers how the difference between those who are granted asylum and those who are denied often boils down...
USCIS, Sept. 4, 2024 - "This notice is to tell you about a proposed Settlement Agreement of a class action lawsuit, J.O.P. et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al . , Case No. 8:19-cv-01944-SAG, pending in the United States District Court for...
Much is being made about the drop in numbers of unauthorized crossings, and asylum requests, at the southern border. Whether the drop is due to recent Biden policy moves, or to other factors, is an open question. The purpose of this post is to explain, in layperson’s...
"Sarah Towle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands" where she writes about how unwelcoming our government is to people fleeing danger and seeking refuge at our border with...
David L. Cleveland, Aug. 29, 2024 "In response to a FOIA request and lawsuit by the Louise Trauma Center, USCIS released 70 pages of Ecuador country conditions, given to asylum officers. This article will summarize those pages..."
NIPNLG, Aug. 29, 2024 " IMPORTANT UPDATE: PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PRELIMINARILY APPROVED J.O.P. v. DHS , No. 19-1944, is a certified nationwide class action venued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging a Trump administration...
Robert Brodsky, Newsday, Aug. 23, 2024 "The number of new court cases involving immigrants lacking permanent legal status has plummeted on Long Island and around the country since President Joe Biden's June order restricting entry into the country for...
Aben v. Garland "Aben was arrested and detained three times; held in unlawful captivity for a total of six days; slapped, kicked, and knocked in the head; beaten with a belt and a stick; suffered several lacerations, blisters, sores, and bruises; threatened...
Tista-Ruiz de Ajualip, et al. v. Garland "The Board issued a separate opinion on the asylum claim that acknowledged a significant change in precedent since the IJ’s decision, but the Board affirmed instead of remanding for further review. The Board...
Human Rights First, Aug. 7, 2024 "As part of a June 2024 asylum ban rule, the Biden administration eliminated a safeguard that had been in place for nearly 30 years to protect people seeking asylum from being summarily deported without a chance to present...
The Border Chronicle, Aug. 6, 2024 "CBP’s sweeping DNA program places asylum seekers’ genetic profiles in a massive criminal investigations database without their knowledge."
DHS OIG, July 3, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) did not adjudicate affirmative asylum applications in a timely manner to meet statutory timelines and to reduce its existing backlog. At the end of fiscal year 2023, USCIS had more...
Rivera v. Garland "The BIA and IJ both failed to conduct the required careful examination of the record to determine whether religion may have been one of multiple central reasons for the gang members’ persecution of Rivera. ... Neither the BIA nor...