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Immigration Review

Ep. 299 - Precedential Decisions from 1/12/2026 - 1/18/2026 (California assault & crime of violence; serious non political crime & duress; deficient NTA; 237(a)(1)(H) waivers & fraud; termination of refugee status; Salvadoran prisons & CAT)

Jan 20, 2026

United States v. Ramiro Gomez, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) (en banc)

crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea; Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52; plain error

Matter of D-G-B-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 392 (BIA 2026)

serious non political crime; drug trafficking activity; duress; statutory interpretation; Neguise; CAT; Sinaloa cartel; domestic violence; acquiesce; insufficient police reporting

Matter of Laparra-Deleon, 29 I&N Dec. 389 (BIA 2026)

deficient NTA; in absentia motions to reopen; Campos Chavez

Matter of M-C-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 401 (BIA 2026)

INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; fraud or willful misrepresentation; INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(i); military service during Bosnian War; discretion; history of untruthfulness; adverse inference from invoking Fifth Amendment; family ties must outweigh fraud

Mukantagara, et al. v. Noem, et al., No. 24-4071 (10th Cir. Jan. 12, 2026)

discretion; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 207(c)(4); termination of asylum status; Rwanda genocide

Fuentes-Pineda v. Bondi, No. 24-60592 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2026) and

Sayegh de Kewayfati, et al. v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-20073 (5th Cir. Jan 14, 2025)

prison conditions; state of exception; former gang members; past torture; Amnesty International reports; El Salvador
jurisdiction for APA lawsuit over denial of affirmative asylum application; TPS

Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.
Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.

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