Ep. 157 - Precedential Decisions from 4/24/2023 - 4/30/2023 (modified categorical approach; pleas colloquy; SIJS; visa fraud; 237(a)(1)(H) waivers; crime of domestic violence; torture; past persecution; derivative citizenship)

Matter of Cancinos-Mancio, 28 I&N Dec. 708 (BIA 2023) 

• modified categorical approach; reviewable documents; plea colloquy; crime of violence; Ariz. Rev. State § 13-1204(A)(2) 

Cortez-Amador v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 22-1249 (3d Cir. Apr. 25, 2023) 

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status; SIJS; INA § 245(h); admission or parole; Patel; jurisdiction; death threats; Guatemala 

Reese v. Garland, No. 22-6011 (5th Cir. Apr. 24, 2023) 

• visa fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a); INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; INA § 237(a)(3)(B)(iii); due process; family unity

Caldera-Torres v. Garland, No. 22-2282 (7th Cir. Apr. 27, 2023) 

• crime of domestic violence; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Wis. Stat. § 940.19(1); circumstance specific approach; Pereida; domestic abuse surcharge; burdens 

Somers v. USA, No. 19-1484 (11th Cir. Apr. 25, 2023) 

• Borden; crime of violence; recklessness; Fla. Stat. § 784.021; Fla. St. 784.011(1); violent force; Florida Supreme Court decisions 

Kerr v. Garland, No. 21-2074 (4th Cir. Apr. 24, 2023) 

• CAT; aggregate risk of torture; compounding effect of harms; LGBTQ; former gang members; Jamaica 

Santos Garcia v. Garland, No. 22-1535 (1st Cir. Apr. 28, 2023) 

• asylum; persecution; death threats; Lider Party; Guatemala 

Sharma v. Garland, No. 22-1496 (1st Cir. Apr. 28, 2023) 

• derivative citizenship; former INA § 321(a); objective manifestation; Zombie Precedent; Nwozuzu; Cheneau 

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