Special Episode Interview with Homero López - former Appellate Immigration Judge, and current ISLA Legal Director
1:18:09
Ep. 309 - Precedential Decisions: 3/23/2026 - 03/29/2026 (mandatory detention for EWIs; reliability of I-213s; termination; IJ can't assert deficient NTA; CIMT & one year or longer sentence; attempted use of physical force; reasonable fear jurisdiction)
47:30
Ep. 308 - Precedential Decisions from 3/16/2026 - 3/22/2026 (Padilla ineffective assistance & near-certain removal; qualifying relative age out; hardship; non-attorney ineffective assistance; sua sponte reopening jx; receipt of stolen property agg fel)
39:19
Ep. 307 - Precedential Decisions from 3/9/2026 - 3/15/2026 (material support of terrorism waiver; fraud and application withdrawal; continuance & SIJ; admin closure & I-601A; flight risk & bond; past persecution; hardship; CSPA; age-out; F2A to F1)
1:00:03
Ep. 306 - Precedential Decisions from 3/2/2026 - 3/8/2026 (substantial evidence; past persecution; § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii) & pure question of law; expert reliability; fundamental change & asylum; fraud particularly serious crime; U-visa waiver jurisdiction)
45:28
Ep. 305 - Precedential Decisions from 2/23/2026 - 3/1/2026 (Florida attempted robbery; crime of violence; admission & 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; cruel legal interpretations; administrative closure & delay; past persecution; acquiescence; Mexican mental health)
53:35
Ep. 304 - Precedential Decisions from 2/16/2026 - 2/22/2026 (aggravated felony rape; remand for biometrics; failure to report harm; conversion from Islam to Russian Orthodox; in absentia MTR; IAC; exhaustion; asylum despite adverse credibility)
41:34
Ep. 303 - Precedential Decisions from 2/9/2026 - 2/15/2026 (former derivative citizenship; paternity through legitimation; Riley & PFR; marriage fraud; revoking I-130; mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant & superfluous statutory interpretation)
42:07
Special Episode Interview with Irina Restova - Founder of EB-5 Support, attorney, and FINRA-regulated investment broker (the EB-5 Interview!)
1:07:44
Ep. 302 - Precedential Decisions from 2/2/2026 - 2/8/2026 (TPS for Haiti; reliability and persuasiveness of expert testimony; sua sponte reopening based on marriage; EAJA & habeas; traffic & in absentia reopening; change in law, reopening & diligence)
43:55
Ep. 301 - Precedential Decisions from 1/26/2026 - 2/1/2026 (particularly serious crime; N-A-M-; no misdemeanor presumption; discretion; in absentia; imputed gang & pro se asylum; robbery & attempted theft aggravated felony)
36:47
Ep. 300!!! - Precedential Decisions from 1/19/2026 - 1/25/2026 (unable or unwilling to protect & dv-type asylum; no police reporting requirement; frivolous asylum filing warning; crime of violence; unborn person; CIMT & lewd conduct)
36:38
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)
49:39
Ep. 297 & 298 - Precedential Decisions from 12/29/2025 - 1/11/2026 (cocaine isomers; realistic probability; jurisdiction & AOS; domestic violence-type asylum; IAC; Loper Bright & Lozada; material misrepresentation; naturalization; death threats)
48:09
Ep. 296 - Precedential Decisions from 12/22/2025 - 12/28/2025 (bond; material support; asylum; PSG; family-based; business ownership; authentication of records; crime of child abuse; jurisdiction; extraordinary circumstances; mixed questions)
40:24
Ep. 295 - Precedential Decisions from 12/15/2025 - 12/21/2025 (DHS burden to prove alienage; CAT; discretion; criminal history; bond; well-founded fear; GMC; due process; firm resettlement)
53:33
Special Episode - Interview with former USCIS, DHS, and Department of State Attorney Extraordinaire, Nicholas Perry
1:09:08
Ep. 294 - Precedential Decisions from 12/8/2025 - 12/14/2025 (untimely asylum filing; rehab & discretion; CAT - particularly serious crime, mental health, Haitian prisons, drug cartels & snitches; bond & dangerousness)
34:56
Ep. 293 - Precedential Decisions from 12/1/2025 - 12/7/2025 (change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; unable or unwilling; controlled substance offense; nexus; past persecution; crime of child abuse; particularity & gender)
42:23
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
Special Episode - Interview with former Assistant Chief Immigration Judge and San Diego Immigration Court Judge Rico J. Bartolomei
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