Matter of Thakker, 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024) (1) The assumption in Matter of Jurado that a retail theft offense involves an intent to permanently deprive a victim of their property is inconsistent...
USCIS, Sept. 19, 2024 "We have received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2025. Sept...
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...
USCIS, Sept. 18, 2024 "Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months...
Singh v. Garland "Petitioner Varinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks rescission of a removal order entered in absentia. We previously granted Singh’s petition because the government...
James A. Welcome writes: "I am pleased to attach a Summary Order issued today on a Petition for Review. The PFR was granted and remanded to the BIA. The matter involved a motion to suppress and the IJ's refusal to grant a hearing on the motion to suppress an unlawful arrest. Included in the motion was a signed affidavit. The Second Circuit agreed that the IJ should have considered the affidavit in assessing whether the Respondent should have been granted a hearing in the first place." - Guillen-Jimenez v. Holder, May 20, 2014.
[For reference and research, here is a link to the IJ and BIA decisions and the CA2 briefs.]