On Jan. 10, 2022 a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a 2-1 decision in the case of Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, 22 F.4th 570 . On May 10, 2022 counsel for Santos-Zacaria filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S... Read More

Gonzalez-Alarcon v. Macias - "Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration... Read More

"For the past nine years, Mazen Shweika (“Shweika”) has prosecuted a single application for naturalization before both the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read More

Here is a link to the AILA amicus brief challenging the Fifth Circuit's 'questionable [and] controversial interpretation of 8 U.S.C. 1252(d).' This is a pro bono case I've been working on for some time, and I'm very grateful to AILA... Read More

"In Lin v. Attorney General, 543 F.3d 114 (3d Cir. 2008), we held that “the BIA’s consideration of an issue is sufficient to provide us with jurisdiction over that issue" even if the petitioner fails to raise the issue before the... Read More