Lopez Orellana v. Garland "The question presented here is whether the Louisiana accessory-after-the-fact statute, LA.REV. STAT. § 14:25, is a categorical match for the generic federal offense of obstruction of justice and is therefore an aggravated...
Arias v. Garland "The Court is sensitive to consular officers’ broad—and usually unreviewable—authority to adjudicate visa applications. Even so, Mandel places a burden on the Government to provide a modicum of explanation for a visa denial...
Ud Din v. Garland "[A] question arises as to how the Ud Dins’ removal will affect their future ability to apply for reentry to the United States. A permanent and unwaivable bar on reentry applies to any alien who filed a frivolous claim for asylum...
Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland "Andres Arizmendi-Medina, a native and citizen of Mexico, was ordered by an immigration judge (IJ) to be removed from the United States after the IJ ruled that Arizmendi-Medina’s application for relief from removal was untimely...
Andrade de Zarate v. Choate "Ms. Andrade has been in custody at the Aurora Detention Facility for over 14 months. ... Ms. Andrade claims that her detention without a bond hearing has become unconstitutionally prolonged. ... [T]he Court finds that Ms. Andrade...
Jason Dzubow, Sept. 21, 2022 "It is not easy to convey the magnitude of the ongoing disaster at EOIR, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the office that oversees our nation’s Immigration Courts. Simply stated, the agency is rescheduling and advancing...
Democracy Forward, Jan. 12, 2021 "Unlawful EOIR Rule Makes Sweeping Procedural Changes That Will Deny Due Process, Cause Wrongful Deportations, and Worsen Case Backlog As Trump Admin Scrambles to Finalize Policies in Waning Days, Coalition of Immigration...
Legal team, Apr. 5, 2017 - "Roberto Beristain received a lot of attention when he was arrested by ICE officials on February 6, 2017. He had been issued an illegal order of deportation because then Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) did not disclose...
"Two weeks ago, the first pro bono lawyers were let in to the detention facility in Artesia, New Mexico, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is keeping Central American migrant families. Since then, a small group of pro bono attorneys, organized...
Albuquerque immigration attorney Olsi Vrapi describes what it is like to try to represent refugees locked up at the Artesia, New Mexico detention center...in the middle of nowhere . "I went to Artesia the morning after I was hired on a case and not only one...
"I have a client who is a U.S. citizen because she was born in Houston, Texas. Twice the U.S. government stripped her of right to U.S. citizenship. First, CBP officials deported her in 1998 after coercing a confession from her. Second, State Department officials...
"Put simply, an immigrant's access to an attorney can be as important as the facts in his or her case. The only reasonable solution is to provide attorneys to those immigrant detainees who need them. It would cost, of course, but due process comes ...
NILA in Action, Nov. 7, 2022 "In LaParra-DeLeon v. Garland , NILA submitted an amicus brief and reply brief in support of the petitioner, on behalf of itself and three other immigrants’ rights organizations. The case, a petition for review of published...
US v. Fernandez Sanchez "Bonifacio Fernandez Sanchez, a Mexican citizen who migrated to the United States illegally as a minor in 2006, was deported in 2011 following a four-minute removal hearing. During that hearing, the immigration judge neglected to...
Nkenglefac v. Garland "Petitioner Giscard Nkenglefac, a native and citizen of Cameroon, applied for admission into the United States on May 9, 2018. The immigration judge (“IJ”), Agnelis Reese, denied Nkenglefac’s application for relief from removal and...