Trigueros v. Blanche, No. 24-4847 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026)

• in absentia motion to reopen due to exceptional circumstances; flat tire; no affidavit required for pro se; no corroboration required if not inherently unbelievable; Matter of S-L-H- & L-B-L-; BIA can’t trump circuit

Perez-Castillo, et al v. Blanche, No. 21-70087 (9th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)

• persecutor bar; statutory interpretation; no duress exception; shifting burdens; Atonal Battalion; El Salvador

Matter of S-K-E-, 30 I&N Dec. 27 (BIA 2026)

• credibility; sexual orientation; DHS ECAS violation; failure to serve noncitizen; prejudice required for everything; Guinea; experts

Matter of Kamalov, 30 I&N Dec. 34 (BIA 2026)

• bond; danger; accepting untimely DHS brief; de novo review of danger and flight risk; little weight to state court ordering release on recognizance; resisting arrest; street racing 

Matter of V-S-A-, 30 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2026)

• similar affidavits; R-K-K-; Singh; past persecution harm; due process; protecting confidentiality

Lopez Garcia, et al. v. Guadian, et al., No. 25-7044 (4th Cir. Sept. 10, 2026)

• statutory interpretation; no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); § 236(a); § 236(c); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; due process

Okene v. Blanche, No. 25-60559 (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026)

• VAWA cancellation of removal; insufficient battery or extreme cruelty; non-LPR cancellation of removal; insufficient medical hardship; Wilkinson; substantial evidence review

Gonzalez Perez v. Blanche, No. 23-2811 (7th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)

• exhaustion; failure to argue all asylum elements

Santos v. Blanche, No. 23-7191 (2d Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)

• Riley; jurisdiction to review decision to reinstate; jurisdiction to review CBP denial of motion to reopen reinstatement; 8 C.F.R. § 103.5; narrow bar to review discretionary agency action; Bhaktibhai-Patel; motion to reopen review; I-290 proper form

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