Ep. 292 - Precedential Decisions from 11/24/2025 - 11/30/2025 (qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal; extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; stays; government acquiesce; gang & prison-based CAT claims)
Immigration Review
Perez-Perez v. Bondi, No. 25-0315 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)
- qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; meaning of the phrase “would result”; Loper Bright; freezing age at time of IJ adjudication
Sarkisov v. Bondi, No. 25-0316 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)
- extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; mixed question of law and fact review; definition of extraordinary circumstances; psychological harm
Labrador Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 25-60646 (5th Cir. Nov. 26, 2025)
- stay of removal; Nken
B.G.S. v. Bondi, No. 23-6862 (2d Cir. Nov. 24, 2025)
- government acquiesce; MS-13; Guatemala; former gang members; tattoos; prison conditions; Green Light order; prison guard consent; speculation expected with CAT
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Ep. 291 - Precedential Decisions from 11/17/2025 - 11/23/2025 (unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; single police report; VAWA-based motion to reopen; PFR rules; good moral character & DUIs; crime of violence & threats)
Immigration Review
Ramos Marquez v. Bondi, No. 24-1842 (4th Cir. Nov. 19, 2025)
- unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; futile reporting to police; agency ignoring evidence; cherry picking; CAT; quiescence; MS-130; Honduras state of exception; country condition evidence in Honduras
Matter of K-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 307 (BIA 2025)
- unable or unwilling to protect; single incident where police fail to investigate; Sikh asylum; relocation in India
Matter of B-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 313 (BIA 2025)
- VAWA-based motion to reopen; motion to reconsider; number and temporal limitations on VAWA-based motions to reopen; prima facie VAWA letter
Kazarian v. Bondi, No. 25-4427 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2025)
- FRAP 3(c)(1)(B) and 15(a)(2)(C); attaching BIA decision to PFR; excusing appellate requirements for pro se noncitizens; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(c); FRAP not claims processing rule
Luna-Corona v. Bondi, No. 24-9522 (10th Cir. Nov. 17, 2025)
- good moral character; DUI; recidivist behavior; considering conduct outside statutory period
McLean v. Bondi, No. 20-61098 (5th Cir. Nov. 20, 2025)
- crime of violence aggravated felony; threatened use of force; divisibility; different punishments; 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1); influencing a federal official by threat
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Ep. 290 - Precedential Decisions from 11/10/2025 - 11/16/2025 (Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test)
Immigration Review
Matter of Cahuec Tzalam, 29 I&N Dec. 300 (BIA 2025)
- Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; some foreseeable resolution; visa bulletin; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(c)(3)
Solis-Flores v. Bondi, No. 22-1147 (4th Cir. Nov. 13, 2025)
- receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test; Loper Bright; CIMT definition in the Fourth Circuit
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Special Episode - Interview with former Assistant Chief Immigration Judge and San Diego Immigration Court Judge Rico J. Bartolomei
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Ep. 289 - Precedential Decisions from 11/3/2025 - 11/9/2025 (EAJA; habeas; false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); due diligence; § 101(a)(43)(D) agg fel; circumstance specific approach; forfeiture; VAWA & corroboration; Florida cocaine)
Immigration Review
Daley v. Choate, et al., No. 24-1191 (10th Cir. Nov. 3, 2025)
- EAJA; habeas; sovereign immunity canon; Loper Bright; civil action; importance of habeas
Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 241464 (4th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025)
- false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); BIA review of missed questions of law and fact; Wilkinson; Patel; jurisdiction; failure to disclose alias
Rosa Arevalo v. Bondi, Nos. 24-60349, 24-60620 (5th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025)
- Illinois law vacating criminal conviction for procedural or substantive defect; motion to reopen; due diligence; equitable tolling
Dominguez Reyes v. Bondi, No. 25-60016 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)
- INA § 101(a)(43)(D) aggravated felony; circumstance specific approach; Matter of Babaisakov; tethered to offense; contesting forfeiture; profit not material
Calderon-Uresti v. Bondi, No. 24-60445 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)
- VAWA cancellation of removal; extreme cruelty; failure to corroborate credible testimony; exhaustion
United States v. Miller, 23-13069 (11th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)
- sentence enhancement; ACCA; Florida cocaine derivative; categorical approach point of comparison Iuflopane; drug definition at point of committing the offense
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Ep. 288 - Precedential Decisions from 10/27/2025 - 11/2/2025 (crime of violence; kidnapping; third country removal; ACA with Honduras & Guatemalans; consular nonreviewability; femicide in Honduras; crime of child abuse & Loper Bright)
Immigration Review
United States v. Ford aka Caveman, No. 23-1400 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2025)
- crime of violence; kidnapping; inveigling; federal definition despite no cross reference to federal statute
Matter of C-I-G-M- & L-V-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 2025)
- third country removal; ACA with Honduras; Immigration Judge authority; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.11(h)
Chen, et al. v. Rubio, et al., No. 25-521 (2d Cir. Oct. 29, 2025)
- doctrine of consular nonreviewability; no constitutional right to live with parent or sibling; Munoz
Alfaro-Zelaya v. Bondi, No. 23-2069 (4th Cir. Oct. 31, 2025)
- failure to consider country condition evidence; femicide; gender-based claims in Honduras
Bastias v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-11416 (11th Cir. Oct. 30, 2025)
- INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i) crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; Fla. Stat. § 827.03(2)(d); Loper Bright and views of Judges Newsom, Marcus, and Middlebrooks
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Ep. 287 - Precedential Decisions from 10/20/2025 - 10/26/2025 (crime of violence; wantonly; persecutor bar; duress; termination of withholding-only proceedings; stay of removal; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; cancellation)
Immigration Review
United States v. Tooley, No. 24-5286 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2025)
- Borden; recklessness; crime of violence; wantonly; manslaughter; murder
Matter of Negusie, 29 I&N Dec. 285 (A.G. 2025)
- persecutor bar; asylum and withholding of removal; duress and voluntariness; history of asylum; 1967 protocol; evidentiary burden
Matter of J-A-N-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 287 (BIA 2025)
- IJ authority to terminate withholding-only proceedings; termination; at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(d)
Rojas-Espinoza, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-7536 (9th Cir. Oct. 24, 2025)
- administrative stay of removal; Nken; delay; irreparable harm; likelihood of success on the merits; Ninth Circuit General Order 6.4(c)(1); public interest in removal; asylum; Peru
Yupangui-Yunga v. Bondi, No. 23-6522 (2d Cir. Oct. 24, 2025)
- non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; exhaustion; anticipating arguments not required
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Ep. 286 - Precedential Decisions from 10/13/2025 - 10/19/2025 (circuit granting asylum; unable or unwilling; police failures; single mothers; nexus; relocation; gangs; motion to reopen to apply for voluntary departure; prior fraud & adverse credibility)
Immigration Review
Ramos-Ramos v. Bondi, Nos. 23-9567, 24-9524 (10th Cir. Oct. 15, 2025)
- clear error standard of review; no need for BIA remand; circuit court granting asylum; unable or unwilling to protect; police failure to solve crime; police ignoring reporting; single mothers; nexus; relocation; fear of gangs; family based particular social group; Honduras
Pastor-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-3104 (6th Cir. Oct. 17, 2025)
- motion to reopen to apply for voluntary departure; affidavit swearing that passport application is pending; conclusory affidavit; prima facie case to relief
Ani v. Bondi, No. 24-2339 (9th Cir. Oct. 16, 2025)
- adverse credibility; Alam; marriage fraud; denying asylum based on fraud to obtain different immigration benefits
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Ep. 285 - Precedential Decisions from 10/6/2025 - 10/12/2025 (notice reasonably calculated; DHS stipulations not binding; in absentia reopening; CAT gang tattoo claims; Dr. Thomas Boerman; El Salvador’s state of exception; torturing prisoners)
Immigration Review
United States v. Rivera-Valdes, No. 21-30177 (9th Cir. Sep. 18, 2025) (en banc)
- notice reasonably calculated to reach noncitizen; due process; fundamental fairness; in absentia reopening; incorrect address in OSC
Matter of J-H-M-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 278 (BIA 2025)
- DHS stipulations not binding; CAT; transgender women in Honduras
Vergara Castellar v. Bondi, No. 24-2930 (7th Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)
- appealing in absentia order of removal before filing a motion to reopen
Jimenez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-9573 (10th Cir. Oct. 7, 2025)
- political opinion; fear of mafia leader; nexus; relocation; unwilling or unable to protect; death threats; failure to report; Colombia
Villalta Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-115 (2d Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)
- CAT gang tattoo claims; Dr. Thomas Boerman; El Salvador’s state of exception; torturing prisoners; country condition reports specific enough; intentional prison overcrowding; rejecting claims by El Salvador’s Human Rights Ombudsman; lawful sanction under local law cannot defeat CAT
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Ep. 284 - Precedential Decisions from 9/29/2025 - 10/5/2025 (fugitive disentitlement doctrine; credibility; Mexican mental health & CAT; discretion & police reports; interpreter; particularly serious crime; crime of violence; realistic probability test)
Immigration Review
Uc Encarnacion v. Bondi, No. 22-1601 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025)
- fugitive disentitlement doctrine; adverse credibility; demeanor not reliable; omissions; experts to use in Mexico CAT claims; OIL abandoning issue in vague footnote; Mexican mental health facilities; particularized risk of torture not overly burdensome
Maurice v. Bondi, No. 21-1395 (1st Cir. Oct. 2, 2025)
- adjustment of status; uncorroborated police reports; failure to follow BIA precedent; uncorroborated police reports to deny discretionary relief; Arreguin; unique stop time rule arguments; Rosa; fundamental fairness
Amos v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 22-2095 (3d Cir. Oct. 1, 2025)
- due process; right to interpreter; credibility; particularly serious crime — no step two without meeting the step one elements analysis, and conspiracy; N-A-M-; exhaustion; error to deny CAT claim based on speculation; failure to identify attackers not fatal; CAT corroboration requirements; flight to Canada and return as applicant for admission; stand alone § 212(h) waiver
United States v. Campbell, No. 23-6186 (10th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025)
- Oklahoma armed robbery; Borden; realistic probability test satisfied by the text; looking to similar out-of-state statutes and decisions; recklessness
Rangel-Fuentes v. Bondi, No. 23-9511 (10th Cir. Sept. 29, 2025)
- no deference; Loper Bright; qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus
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Ep. 283 - Precedential Decisions from 9/22/2025 - 9/28/2025 (late filed BIA brief; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; discretion; CAT & ECHR report; fentanyl isomers; bond & dangerousness; imputed particular social group; in absentia)
Immigration Review
Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi, No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)
- motion to accept late-filed brief; inadvertently filing BIA brief on immigration court rather than BIA ECAS docket; BIA failure to explain itself; reasoned decision
Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi, No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)
- past persecution; unfulfilled threats; land dispute; extraordinary circumstances to excuse one-year asylum filing deadline; jurisdiction; Guatemala
Matter of McDonald, 29 I&N Dec. 249 (BIA 2025)
- discretion; LPR cancellation of removal; balancing of equations N.Y. Pen. L. § 260.10(1)
Matter J-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 253 (BIA 2025)
- asylum eligibility even where not credible; CAT deferral; specific intent to torture; specific ECHR report; arrest not torture; Uzbekistan
Matter of Frias Ulloa, 29 I&N Dec. 259 (BIA 2025)
- fentanyl isomers; N.J. Stat. Ann § 2C:35-5(b)(4); divisibility; modified categorical approach; Laguerre
Matter of Cotrufo, 29 I&N Dec. 264 (BIA 2025)
- bond; dangerousness; 18 year old having sex with a minor; state court opinions on dangerousness
Matter of L-A-L-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 269 (BIA 2025)
- imputed particular social group; perceived gang members; anti-gang political opinion; tattoos not immutable; Matter of E-A-G-; El Salvador
Vargas-Rodriguez v. Bondi, No. 25-0261 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2025)
- in absentia motion to reopen; requirement to update immigration court with address; DHS failure to file NTA in time; compliant NTA
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Ep. 282 - Precedential Decisions from 9/15/2025 - 9/21/2025 (low level prison guards & conditions in Haiti; intent to torture vs purpose; disbarment of immigration attorney; in absentia MTR; deficient NTA; age out; CSPA; F2A, F1 & immediate relatives)
Immigration Review
Fleurimond v. Bondi, No. 24-1913 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)
- CAT protection; low level prison guards and conditions in Haiti; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture; purpose
Matter of Landers, 29 I&N Dec. 240 (BIA 2025)
- disbarment of immigration attorney; practice of law; preparation of law; similar filings
Guzman-Torralva v. Bondi, No. 25-0259 (6th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)
- in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; prima facie eligibility for cancellation
Teles de Menezes v. Rubio, No. 24-1253 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)
- age out; CSPA; 8 U.S.C. § 1151(f)(2); F2A and F1; statutory interpretation; naturalization during visa pendency; legislative history
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Ep. 281 - Precedential Decisions from 9/8/2025 - 9/14/2025 (vacated conviction; statutory analysis; overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; pretermitting asylum application; derivative citizenship; reopening - equitable tolling of time bar)
Immigration Review
Hewitt v. United States, No. 23-1002 (U.S. June 26, 2025)
- vacated conviction; statutory interpretation; First Step Act
Matter of Garcia-Flores, 29 I&N Dec. 230 (BIA 2025)
- overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; considering credibility of criminal court witnesses; sexual crimes against minors
Matter of H-A-A-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 233 (BIA 2025)
- pretermitting asylum application; prima facie case for relief; extortion; material issue of fact
Myers v. Bondi, No. 23-3286 (8th Cir. Sept. 8, 2025)
- derivative citizenship; custody; child; VAWA provisions for children; material issue of fact
Garcia Morin v. Bondi, No. 24-60590 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2025)
- motion to reopen; equitable tolling of time bar; claims processing rule
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Ep. 280 - Precedential Decisions from 9/1/2025 - 9/7/2025 (material support of terrorism; Nigerian cooking; Loper Bright; mandatory detention horror; family & domestic violence type asylum; nexus; private actor persecution; bond; ignoring CAT claims)
Immigration Review
Ozurumba v. Bondi, No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025)
- material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria
Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025)
- family based particular social group; L-E-A-; rulemaking; social distinction
Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025)
- domestic violence; gender; particular social group; unable or unwilling to protect; A-B-; rulemaking
Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)
- mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation
Matter of Dobrotvorskii, 29 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 2025).
- bond; flight risk; sponsor; DHS bond burden not really a burden
McDougall v. Bondi, No. 231722 (4th Cir. Sept. 5, 2025)
- CAT; ignoring evidence; ignoring claim in cumulative analysis’ mental health; race; physical disability; Guyana
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Ep. 279 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2025 - 8/31/2025 (family-based particular social group; nexus; M-R-M-S-; derivative citizenship; continuance; hardship; FTCA; illegal third-country removal; Loper Bright; CIMT)
Immigration Review
O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)
- family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus
Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)
- certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or reconsider; five-year lawsuit deadline
Matter of J-A-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 195 (BIA 2025)
- continuance of individual hearing; new forms of relief; prima facie eligibility; dilatory tactics; diligence
Lopez Cano v. Bondi, No. 22-1941 (1st Cir. Aug. 28, 2025)
- cancellation; economic hardship; anxiety; nexus
Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi, No. 23-1412 (1st Cir. Aug. 29, 2025)
- hardship; allergies; “evaluated all evidence of record”; boilerplate language
Abdulla v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1167 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)
- derivative citizenship; Loper Bright; untimely BIA appeal and self-certification; exhaustion; definition of the term “when”; prior panel rule
Ibarra-Perez v. United States, No. 24-631 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)
- FTCA; jurisdiction; illegal third-country removal; INA § 242(g)
Lopez v. Bondi, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2025) (denial of en banc rehearing)
- Loper Bright; star decisis; CIMT definition; invalidating prior precedent
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Ep. 278 - Precedential Decisions from 8/18/2025 - 8/24/2025 (birthright citizenship; attache; extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism; Venezuela & CAT; counterintelligence officer; credibility; continuances; corroboration)
Immigration Review
Moncada v. Rubio, No. 23-55803 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2025)
- birthright citizenship; diplomatic immunity; consul; attaché; Blue List; Department of State certificate of immunity; Wong Kim Ark
Matter of Buri Mora, 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025)
- extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism in qualifying relative; qualifying relative ability to obtain state benefits and Medicaid
Matter of O-Y-A-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 190 (BIA 2025)
- CAT; counterintelligence officer; EU sanction; IJ factual error; Venezuela
Matter of G-C-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)
- credibility; continuances; corroboration; implausibility; generalized country conditions; Georgia
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Ep. 277 - Precedential Decisions from 8/11/2025 - 8/17/2025 (ineffective assistance - PSGs & QRs; women, family & wealth; Riley & withholding review; firearms trafficking; bond & danger; collectivos & VZ asylum; Nicaragua asylum; GMC; hardship; reopening)
Immigration Review
Guandique-De Romero v. Bondi, No. 24-1154 (4th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)
- ineffective assistance; competence; fundamentally fair; wealth-based PSGs; women; family; reopening; prejudice
Rivas de Nolasco v. Bondi, No. 22-1176 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)
- women; Riley & PFR mid-proceedings; nexus; children & gangs
Alvarez Ronquillo v. Bondi, No. 24-1324 (4th Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)
- firearms trafficking; 101(a)(43)(C) aggravated felony; 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A); consideration
Matter of Salas Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2025)
- bond; dangerousness; police reports; cocaine trafficking
Hernandez Flores v. Bondi, No. 23-6714 (2d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)
- ineffective assistance; failure to advise of qualifying relative; marriage in proceedings; continuance; Patel
Romero-Lozano v. Garland, No. 23-60638 (5th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025)
- withholding only; reinstatement; Riley; reinstate mandate
Montiel Rubio v. Bondi, No. 24-60392 (5th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)
- collectivos; persecution; getting shot; death threats; gassed; Venezuela
Suchite-Salguero v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1970 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)
- new & previous unavailable before IJ; former hearing; Kisor; harmless error; Chenery; baby during appeal
Roman Sanchez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 242-279 (3d Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)
- GMC; barring testimony; Castillo-Perez presumption; DUI
Rivas-Jarquin v. Bondi, No. 24-2386 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2025)
- pattern or practice; medical professionals; opposition to Sandinistas; Nicaragua
Santos Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-2796 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)
- cancellation; psychological hardship to children; financial hardship; Wilkinson
Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-3281 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)
- commune violence; unable or unwilling; relocation; Honduras
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Ep. 276 - Precedential Decisions from 8/4/2025 - 8/10/2025 (PSG & anti-circularity; bond & flight risk; fee waivers; aggravated felony sexual abuse of a minor; asylee adjustment of status; intent to torture; certificate of service; diligence; hardship)
Immigration Review
Hernandez Guardado v. Bondi, No. 23-92286 (4th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025)
- particular social group; women; anti-circularity not determinative; El Salvador
Matter of Akhmedov, 29 I&N Dec. 166 (BIA 2025)
- bond; flight risk; failure to timely file change of address EOIR-33
Matter of Garcia Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 169 (BIA 2025)
- filing fees; fee waiver; presumptions
Garcia Pinach v. Bondi, No. 22-6421 (2d Cir. Aug. 4, 2025)
- misdemeanor sexual contact with a minor; NYPL § 130.60(2); aggravated felony; Loper Bright & star decisis; standard of review for equitable tolling
Wassily v. Bondi; Velasquez Arreaga v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6247_23-6289 (2d Cir. Aug. 7, 2025)
- adjustment of status for asylees; INA § 209; T-C-A-; statutory interpretation; definition of granted & status; termination of asylum status
Fiddler v. Bondi, No. 24-2604 (7th Cir. Aug. 7, 2025)
- CAT purpose; specific intent to torture; mental health; police shootings; Jamaica
Cortez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025)
- failure to sign certificate of service; ECAS; BIA rules; form instructions
Chavez-Govea v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025)
- IJ asylum filing deadline; continuance; diligence; abuse of discretion; due process; motion to remand
Lopez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 23-10105 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2025)
- substantial evidence and arbitrary and capricious standards of review; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; overview of standards of review; ADHD, denial of schooling, and whether medications are reasonably available
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Ep. 275 - Precedential Decisions from 7/28/2025 - 8/3/2025 (isomers; realistic probability test; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; due process & one-year asylum filing deadline; MS-13, experts & CAT protection; administrative closure)
Immigration Review
Matter of Felix-Figueroa, 29 I&N Dec. 157 (BIA 2025)
- isomers; possession of methamphetamine; realistic probability test; burdens
Rivera Samayoa v. Bondi, No. 24-1432 (1st Cir. July 28, 2025)
- cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed questions of law and fact; discretionary relief; cumulative hardship analysis
Real v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 24-1545 (3d Cir. July 30, 2025)
- due process; extraordinary circumstances; one-year asylum deadline; jurisdiction; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); INA § 203(a)(3)
Navarro v. Bondi, No. 24-1253 (4th Cir. July 31, 2025)
- MS-13; CAT protection; credibility; omissions; expert evidence; more likely than not; issue exhaustion.
Sanchez-Banos v. Bondi, No. 24-2241 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025)
- administrative closure; Avetisyan factors; failure to submit hardship evidence
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Ep. 274 - Precedential Decisions from 7/21/2025 - 7/27/2025 (alienage; cooperation with U.S. government; competency; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; summary affirmance; U visa; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; due process)
Immigration Review
Da Silva Borges v. Bondi, No. 24-1695 (1st Cir. July 18, 2025)
· DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard; Rosa
Perez Cruz v. Bondi, No. 24-2865 (9th Cir. July 21, 2025)
· CAT protection; Gulf Cartel; cooperation with U.S. government; presumption of regularity; considering entire record; audio issues; due process; prejudice; Mexico
Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9598 (10th Cir. July 22, 2025)
· mental health; competency; hunger strike; continuance
Cano-Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 24-1616 (1st Cir. July 24, 2025)
· asylum; CAT protection; nexus; particular social group; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; waiver of issues
Gomez-Gabriel v. U.S. Atty Gen., No. 24-2559 (3d Cir. July 24, 2025)
· Summary affirmance; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4); issue exhaustion; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); nexus; gang violence; indigenous
Cabello Garcia v. USCIS, No. 23-35267 (9th Cir. July 22, 2025)
· 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); U visa adjustment of status; 8 U.S.C. § 1255(m); medical exam; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; adjustment of status; Administrative Procedure Act; due process; Patel v. Garland
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Ep. 273 - Precedential Decisions from 7/14/2025 - 7/20/2025 (BIA self-certification of LPR grant; separation of powers; bond & danger; particularity & women; family nexus & revenge; IAC; hardship - Monreal factors, medical experts & dangerous countries)
Immigration Review
Qatanani v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1849 (3d Cir. July 15, 2025)
- BIA self-certification; separation of powers; rescission; grant of LPR status; Kisor deference; constitutional violation & discretionary adjustment of status; due process
Matter of C-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 141 (BIA 2025)
- DHS meeting bond burden; danger; flight risk; withholding-only; unlawful reentries
Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 145 (BIA 2025)
- particularity; sex; nationality; women viewed as property; societal views
Mejia-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 23-1508 (7th Cir. July 17, 2025)
- family-based nexus; revenge; unable or unwilling; well-founded fear; threats rising to the level of past-persecution; murder of family members; untimely assertion of deficient NTA claims processing rule; Honduras
Singh v. Bondi, No 24-1602 (7th Cir. July 18, 2025)
- reissuing BIA decisions to petition for review; ineffective assistance of counsel; Lozada
Goncalves Leao v. Bondi, No. 24-1239 (1st Cir. July 14, 2025)
- exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; child with drug issues; Monreal; absence of medical expert
Alay v. Bondi, No. 24-1299 (1st Cir. July 16, 2025)
- hardship review; children knowing mother is in dangerous situation; individualized analysis; Guatemala
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Ep. 272 - Precedential Decisions from 7/7/2025 - 7/13/2025 (CAT protection - anti Ukraine War in Russia, detention conditions in Russia and Haiti & mental health; discretion & DUI arrest; withholding-only review; hardship review & economic difficulties)
Immigration Review
Matter of E-Z-, 29 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2025).
- CAT protection; returnees from the United States; anti Ukraine war political opinion; detention in Russia
Matter of Gonzalez Jimenez, 29 I&N Dec. 129 (BIA 2025)
- discretion; adverse factors; DUI; false tax information; false social security number; relying on advice of professionals
Matter of S-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 2025)
- CAT protection; prison conditions in Haiti; anecdotal torture; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture
Castejon-Paz and Cerrato-Barahona v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6024, 22-6349 (2d Cir. July 8, 2025)
- withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; reinstatement; final order of removal; no-reasonable fear challenge; Riley
Garcia-Pascual v. Bondi, No. 20-2529 (8th Cir. July 7, 2025)
- economic hardship; difficulty of child visiting father abroad; non-LPR cancellation of removal
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Special Episode - AILA National Conference Interview 2025! Kelli Stump and Jeff Joseph (conversation with the AILA Presidents)
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Ep. 271 - Precedential Decisions from 6/30/2025 - 7/6/2025 (nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; no animus requirement; acquiescence; CAT - bisexual suspected gang members with tattoos; deceit agg fel; retroaction 212(h) waiver)
Immigration Review
Tipan Lopez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1444 (3d Cir. June 30, 2025)
- nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; incorporation of international law; no animus requirement; fervent but unsuccessful resistance to torture can be acquiescence; Ecuador
Matter of A-A-F-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2025)
- suspected gang members with tattoos; bisexual individuals; state exception policy in El Salvador; prison conditions; sharing criminal information with El Salvador; standard of review; use of statistical information
Lanoue v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2583 (3d Cir. July 1, 2025)
- deceit; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); 18 U.S.C. § 287; 18 U.S.C. § 2; false claims to Veterans Affairs; $10,000 amount; restitution; retroactive INA § 212(h) waiver; not an applicant for admission when under investigation
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Ep. 292 - Precedential Decisions from 11/24/2025 - 11/30/2025 (qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal; extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; stays; government acquiesce; gang & prison-based CAT claims)
32:14
Ep. 291 - Precedential Decisions from 11/17/2025 - 11/23/2025 (unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; single police report; VAWA-based motion to reopen; PFR rules; good moral character & DUIs; crime of violence & threats)
38:49
Ep. 290 - Precedential Decisions from 11/10/2025 - 11/16/2025 (Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test)
26:30
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1:23:24
Ep. 289 - Precedential Decisions from 11/3/2025 - 11/9/2025 (EAJA; habeas; false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); due diligence; § 101(a)(43)(D) agg fel; circumstance specific approach; forfeiture; VAWA & corroboration; Florida cocaine)
48:42
Ep. 288 - Precedential Decisions from 10/27/2025 - 11/2/2025 (crime of violence; kidnapping; third country removal; ACA with Honduras & Guatemalans; consular nonreviewability; femicide in Honduras; crime of child abuse & Loper Bright)
36:30
Ep. 287 - Precedential Decisions from 10/20/2025 - 10/26/2025 (crime of violence; wantonly; persecutor bar; duress; termination of withholding-only proceedings; stay of removal; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; cancellation)
41:14
Ep. 286 - Precedential Decisions from 10/13/2025 - 10/19/2025 (circuit granting asylum; unable or unwilling; police failures; single mothers; nexus; relocation; gangs; motion to reopen to apply for voluntary departure; prior fraud & adverse credibility)
33:00
Ep. 285 - Precedential Decisions from 10/6/2025 - 10/12/2025 (notice reasonably calculated; DHS stipulations not binding; in absentia reopening; CAT gang tattoo claims; Dr. Thomas Boerman; El Salvador’s state of exception; torturing prisoners)
49:21
Ep. 284 - Precedential Decisions from 9/29/2025 - 10/5/2025 (fugitive disentitlement doctrine; credibility; Mexican mental health & CAT; discretion & police reports; interpreter; particularly serious crime; crime of violence; realistic probability test)
46:17
Ep. 283 - Precedential Decisions from 9/22/2025 - 9/28/2025 (late filed BIA brief; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; discretion; CAT & ECHR report; fentanyl isomers; bond & dangerousness; imputed particular social group; in absentia)
48:02
Ep. 282 - Precedential Decisions from 9/15/2025 - 9/21/2025 (low level prison guards & conditions in Haiti; intent to torture vs purpose; disbarment of immigration attorney; in absentia MTR; deficient NTA; age out; CSPA; F2A, F1 & immediate relatives)
33:29
Ep. 281 - Precedential Decisions from 9/8/2025 - 9/14/2025 (vacated conviction; statutory analysis; overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; pretermitting asylum application; derivative citizenship; reopening - equitable tolling of time bar)
34:07
Ep. 280 - Precedential Decisions from 9/1/2025 - 9/7/2025 (material support of terrorism; Nigerian cooking; Loper Bright; mandatory detention horror; family & domestic violence type asylum; nexus; private actor persecution; bond; ignoring CAT claims)
43:57
Ep. 279 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2025 - 8/31/2025 (family-based particular social group; nexus; M-R-M-S-; derivative citizenship; continuance; hardship; FTCA; illegal third-country removal; Loper Bright; CIMT)
59:21
Ep. 278 - Precedential Decisions from 8/18/2025 - 8/24/2025 (birthright citizenship; attache; extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism; Venezuela & CAT; counterintelligence officer; credibility; continuances; corroboration)
31:58
Ep. 277 - Precedential Decisions from 8/11/2025 - 8/17/2025 (ineffective assistance - PSGs & QRs; women, family & wealth; Riley & withholding review; firearms trafficking; bond & danger; collectivos & VZ asylum; Nicaragua asylum; GMC; hardship; reopening)
1:02:29
Special Episode - Annual Supreme Court Roundup with Ira Kurzban (2024-2025 term)
1:22:35
Ep. 276 - Precedential Decisions from 8/4/2025 - 8/10/2025 (PSG & anti-circularity; bond & flight risk; fee waivers; aggravated felony sexual abuse of a minor; asylee adjustment of status; intent to torture; certificate of service; diligence; hardship)
54:55
Ep. 275 - Precedential Decisions from 7/28/2025 - 8/3/2025 (isomers; realistic probability test; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; due process & one-year asylum filing deadline; MS-13, experts & CAT protection; administrative closure)
49:24
Ep. 274 - Precedential Decisions from 7/21/2025 - 7/27/2025 (alienage; cooperation with U.S. government; competency; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; summary affirmance; U visa; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; due process)
43:33
Ep. 273 - Precedential Decisions from 7/14/2025 - 7/20/2025 (BIA self-certification of LPR grant; separation of powers; bond & danger; particularity & women; family nexus & revenge; IAC; hardship - Monreal factors, medical experts & dangerous countries)
58:31
Ep. 272 - Precedential Decisions from 7/7/2025 - 7/13/2025 (CAT protection - anti Ukraine War in Russia, detention conditions in Russia and Haiti & mental health; discretion & DUI arrest; withholding-only review; hardship review & economic difficulties)
32:37
Special Episode - AILA National Conference Interview 2025! Kelli Stump and Jeff Joseph (conversation with the AILA Presidents)
1:02:45
Ep. 271 - Precedential Decisions from 6/30/2025 - 7/6/2025 (nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; no animus requirement; acquiescence; CAT - bisexual suspected gang members with tattoos; deceit agg fel; retroaction 212(h) waiver)
33:05