Immigration Review
A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A.
Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to.
*Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/
Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to.
*Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/
Episodes
264 episodes
Ep. 241 - Precedential Decisions from 12/2/2024 - 12/8/2024 (Senator Markey Immigrants' List event!; mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs)
Escobar Larin v. Garland, No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024)mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador&nb...
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Ep. 240 - Precedential Decisions from 11/25/2024 - 12/1/2024 (thank you Patrons!; CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud)
Lamine Kouyate v. Garland, No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024)CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud
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Ep. 239 - Precedential Decisions from 11/18/2024 - 11/24/2024 (BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; federal definition of marijuana; hemp; realistic probability test)
Diaz-Valdez v. Garland, No. 23-1576 (1st Cir. Nov. 22, 2024)BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; extraordinary circumstances; attorney statements; evidentiary sufficiency; guaranteed delivery
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Ep. 238 - Precedential Decisions from 11/11/2024 - 11/17/2024 (nexus to political opinion; church leaders; small business owners; death threats, extortion & past persecution; reasonable relocation; gang violence; unable or unwilling to protect)
Aleman Belloso v. Garland, No. 23-114 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024)nexus; church leader; political opinion; particular social group - influential church leaders; no requirement to report harm for CAT; circularity not fatal; agen...
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Ep. 237 - Precedential Decisions from 11/4/2024 - 11/10/2024 (mental competency; M-A-M- safeguards; termination for regulator violations; serious reasons for believing serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence; failure to act)
Reid v. Garland, No. 20-3324 (2d Cir. Nov. 5, 2024)mental competency; Matter of M-A-M- safeguards; due process; no prejudice required; termination for regulator violations Morgan v....
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Ep. 236 - Precedential Decisions from 10/28/2024 - 11/3/2024 (denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel; CIMT; elements of sentence enhancement; aging out qualifying relatives; hardship review; fraud; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver & I-751 petition)
Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2024) (en banc)denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla...
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Ep. 235 - Precedential Decisions from 10/21/2024 - 10/27/2024 (past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; metering; injunction; credibility; hardship review; Haitian mental health claims)
Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mi...
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Ep. 234 - Precedential Decisions from 10/14/2024 - 10/20/2024 (in absentia motion to reopen - exceptional circumstances; totality of circumstances; traffic accidents; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; NACARA; economic hardship; mixed question review)
Montejo-Gonzalez, et al. v. Garland, No. 21-304 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024)in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; traffic acci...
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Ep. 233 - Precedential Decisions from 10/7/2024 - 10/13/2024 (family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; unable or unwilling to control only in home city in Mexico; Salvadoran men; resistance to gang recruitment)
Meza Diaz, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-973 (9th Cir. Oct. 8, 2024)family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; nexus for kidnapping; unable or unwilling to control only in home city; police stat...
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Ep. 232 - Precedential Decisions from 9/30/2024 - 10/6/2024 (EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation)
Nguyen v. Jaddou, No. 23-20597 (5th Cir. Oct. 3, 2024)EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; successor-in-interest; jurisdiction Singh v. Garland, No. 23-95 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2...
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Ep. 231 - Precedential Decisions from 9/23/2024 - 9/29/2024 (Ukraine; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; generic federal definition of methamphetamine; extradition; State Department & CAT)
Tereshchenko v. Karimi, No. 24-172 (2d Cir. May 16, 2024)Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; Interpol Yellow Notice; waiving affirmative defense; Ukraine&nb...
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Ep. 230 - Precedential Decisions from 9/16/2024 - 9/22/2024 (CIMT & retail theft; family, nexus & mixed motive; DHS non-opp to motion to remand; prolonged detention; FARO & aggravated felony obstruction of justice; extraordinary circumstances & reopening)
Matter of Thakker, 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024)Matter of Jurado; temporary taking; Diaz Lizarraga; retail theft; 18 Penn. Con. Stat § 3929(a)(l) Mazariegos-Rodas v....
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Ep. 229 - Precedential Decisions from 9/9/2024 - 9/15/2024 (failure to report as a child; manner of entry, jurisdiction & Patel; petty theft & CIMT; single scheme; pardons; Skidmore deference; fetus persecution)
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland, No. 21-6293 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024)Honduran women; harm by family as a child; failure to report as a child; unable or unwilling to protect; erroneous reliance on State Department report; fai...
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Ep. 228 - Precedential Decisions from 9/2/2024 - 9/8/2024 (deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA; crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm)
Matter of R-T-P-, 28 I&N Dec. 828 (BIA 2024)deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA United States v. Perez Garcia, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2024)
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Ep. 227 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2024 - 9/1/2024 (reopening standard; attempted child abuse; jurisdiction - Patel, I-601 & I-751; nexus & harm in the U.S.; reasonable fear review; derivative U.S. citizenship)
Mouns v. Garland, No. 22-1368 (4th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; L-O-G-; prima facie standard; Coelho; reasonable likelihood; Yemen Matter ...
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Ep. 226 - Precedential Decisions from 8/19/2024 - 8/25/2024 (asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence)
Aben v. Garland, No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024)Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; Cameroon<...
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Ep. 225 - Precedential Decisions from 8/12/2024 - 8/18/2024 (vacated criminal conviction & reopening; murder; voluntary departure; temporary BIA members; nexus; police reports & discretion)
Bent v. Garland, No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance ...
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Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility)
Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9)Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel United...
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Ep. 223 - Precedential Decisions from 7/29/2024 - 8/4/2024 (challenging DHS regulations; material support of terrorism & due process; naturalization delay; particularly serious crime; mental health issues; past persecution & Mann party)
Save Jobs USA v. DHS, No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)challenging DHS regulations; Washtech; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis Jani v. Garland...
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Ep. 222 - Precedential Decisions from 7/22/2024 - 7/28/2024 (administrative notice of foreign law; credibility; derivative citizenship; best interests of the child; asylum & Angola; PFR venue; bonafide Egyptian marriage & pro se respondents)
Shen v. Garland, No. 16-71315 (9th Cir. July 24, 2024)administrative notice of foreign law; forced abortion; 2003 change in law for Chinese premarital checkups; exhaustion of sub-arguments; Alam; credibility; mista...
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Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Ira Kurzban (important cases from the Supreme Court's 2023-2024 Term; state of the judiciary; Immigrants' List & immigration advocacy)
All about Ira Kurzban and Immigrants' List:Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/atto...
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Ep. 221 - Precedential Decisions from 7/15/2024 - 7/21/2024 (flight from ethnic cleansing & genocide; gang recruitment & PSGs; CIMT & prostitution; I-213 reliability; unfulfilled threat doctrine)
Paye v. Garland, No. 23-1426 (1st Cir. July 17, 2024)flight from ethnic cleansing and genocide as past persecution; INA § 242(a)(2)(C) jurisdiction Ramos-Gutierrez v. Garland, No. 23-18...
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Ep. 220 - Precedential Decisions from 7/8/2024 - 7/14/2024 (naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional LPR; pre-trial detention; confined as a result of conviction; persecution; continuance; admin close)
Azumah v. USCIS, No. 22-2175 (4th Cir. July 9, 2024)naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 8 C.F.R. § 316.2(b); applicant for admission Bador v. Garland, No. 22-6492...
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Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Eric Lee (lead counsel on the recent doctrine of consular nonreviewability Supreme Court case, Munoz v. Dept. of State)
All about Eric Lee: Law Firm Website (Diamante Law): https://www.diamantelaw.com/meet-ourEmail: elee@diamantelaw.com<...
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Ep. 219 - Precedential Decisions from 7/1/2024 - 7/7/2024 (car jacking; crime of violence - physical force & mens rea; climate refugees; 212(c) relief; Wilkinson review; mixed motive, nexus, Christians & gangs; adjustment of status in district court)
Gutierrez v. Garland, Nos., 22-554, 21-130 (9th Cir. July 2, 2024)carjacking in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 215(a); aggravated felony crime of violence; crime involving moral turpitude; statute silent on mens rea...
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