Matter of X-, July 1, 2016, unpub. - "This matter was last before the Board on July 20, 2015, when we reversed the decision of the Immigration Judge denying the respondent's application for a waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(c) of the Immigration...
Matter of Y-S-L-C-, 26 I&N Dec. 688 (BIA 2015) (1) The requirements of the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the admission of expert testimony are inapposite to a respondent’s testimony regarding events of which he or she has personal knowledge....
Official Headnote: The beneficiary of a visa petition who was adopted pursuant to a State court order that was entered when the beneficiary was more than 16 years old, but with an effective date prior to his or her 16th birthday, may qualify as an adopted child...
(1) With respect to aggravated felony convictions, Immigration Judges must follow the law of the circuit court of appeals in whose jurisdiction they sit in evaluating issues of divisibility, so the interpretation of Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013...
"In this unpublished decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) remanded the record to allow the Department of Homeland Security to comply with Dent v. Holder , 627 F.3d 365 (9th Cir. 2010), which the Board said "provides an alien with an absolute...
"This appeal is a petition for review from the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) reinstatement of a previously-issued order of removal against Sigifredo Saldana Iracheta (“Saldana”). On appeal, Saldana asserts that he...
On September 22, 2011, an Immigration Judge ordered the respondent removed from the United States to Mexico. The Immigration Judge purported to order the respondent removed "in absentia". The respondent has appealed the Immigration Judge's decision...
" The Immigration Advocates Network invites you to join a free webinar, "Practice Before the Board of Immigration Appeals," on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 2:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 pm Central / 12:00 pm Mountain / 11:00 am Pacific. The panelists...
"While we agree with the Immigration Judge that "changed personal circumstances" do not, in and of themselves, constitute an exception to the filing deadline for asylum, we recognize that changed personal circumstances may form the basis of an exception...
Here's a link to the Nov-Dec 2011 issue (Vol. 5, No. 10) of the Immigration Law Advisor , published by EOIR.