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Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorkas
Child Status Protection Act’s priority date retention does not apply to aged-out derivative beneficiaries whose relatives filed petitions through family-sponsored immigration process.
Immigration Sep. 6, 2011
Li v. Holder
Immigration judge properly exercises discretion in denying asylum to alien who entered country in egregious manner that carried high risk of death.
Immigration Sep. 2, 2011
Khoshfahm v. Holder
Parent’s intent to abandon legal residency status is imputed to unemancipated minor child, until child turns 18 years old.
Immigration Aug. 26, 2011
Delgado v. Holder
For asylum purposes, BIA is permitted to determine whether alien's DUI convictions are particularly serious, making him ineligible for asylum.
Immigration Aug. 22, 2011
Ren v. Holder
Alien is not entitled to relief due to lack of corroborative evidence despite impermissible adverse credibility determination based on trivial inconsistencies and mischaracterizations.
Immigration Aug. 22, 2011
Pinto v. Holder
BIA decision denying relief from removal but remanding case for voluntary departure proceedings remains reviewable as final order of removal.
Immigration Aug. 15, 2011
Soriano-Vino v. Holder
Information obtained from permanent residency card, and not application for Special Agricultural Workers program, does not violate confidentiality provision under program.
Immigration Aug. 11, 2011
Leonardo v. Crawford
Petitioner alleging prolonged immigration detention must exhaust administrative remedies by appealing to BIA following ‘Casas’ hearing, before seeking habeas review.
Immigration Aug. 4, 2011
Singh v. Holder
Petitioner's counsel renders ineffective assistance, which prejudiced petitioner, by deciding to file motion to remand, instead of seeking stay of voluntary departure.
Immigration Jul. 22, 2011
Rodriguez-Valencia v. Holder
Conviction for unauthorized imitation of trademarks constitutes ‘aggravated felony’ as offense relating to counterfeiting for removal purposes.
Immigration Jul. 22, 2011
Viridiana v. Holder
Asylum application filed three months after deadline due to fraud by immigration consultant warrants statutory tolling of deadline.
Immigration Jul. 20, 2011
Nunez-Reyes v. Holder
State-court conviction for simple drug possession, which was later expunged, constitutes ‘conviction’ for federal immigration purposes.
Immigration Jul. 15, 2011
Gomez-Granillo v. Holder
Immigration judge may consider all evidence known, and make credibility determination of alien’s testimony, to support reasonable belief that alien was drug trafficker.
Immigration Jul. 15, 2011
Hu v. Holder
BIA errs in finding asylum-seeker’s past mistreatment was not based on protected ground when abuse was motivated by political opinion imputed on him by police.
Immigration Jul. 15, 2011
Hernandez-Cruz v. Holder
Second-degree commercial burglary convictions are not aggravated felonies, and therefore are not grounds for removal.
Immigration Jul. 11, 2011
Perez-Ramirez v. Holder
Asylum applicant qualifies as whistleblower where he was retaliated against for reporting corruption, regardless of whether corruption was exposed to outside agency.
Immigration Jul. 11, 2011
Planes v. Holder
Petitioner is removable due to convictions for two crimes involving moral turpitude, although district court had not yet issued decision regarding sentence on remand.
Immigration Jul. 6, 2011
Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder
Alien who commits grand theft of property categorically commits aggravated felony, which subjects him to removal.
Immigration Jul. 5, 2011
Avagyan v. Holder
Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling of adjustment of status claim where delay in seeking adjustment was reasonable based on attorney’s advice.
Immigration Jul. 5, 2011
Antonyan v. Holder
BIA errs in failing to find nexus between asylum-seeker’s mistreatment and whistle-blowing efforts as protected political opinion.
Immigration Jun. 29, 2011
Pagayon v. Holder
Immigration judge may consider alien’s admissions, corroborated by specified set of conviction record documents, as evidence of removability.
Immigration Jun. 26, 2011
Gil v. Holder
State conviction for ‘carrying weapon concealed within vehicle’ is properly deemed ‘firearms offense’ rendering defendant ineligible for cancellation of removal.
Immigration Jun. 22, 2011
Carrillo de Palacios v. Holder
Applicant is inadmissible because she returned to U.S. following one-year period of unlawful presence although one-year period occurred before statute's effective date.
Immigration Jun. 21, 2011
Singh v. Holder
Asylum applicant is not required to provide evidence to corroborate testimony that he filed application within one year after arrival in U.S.
Immigration Jun. 19, 2011
Singh v. Holder
Spouse’s lie to immigration authorities is sufficient basis for adverse credibility finding, which is attributable to both spouses.
Immigration Jun. 9, 2011
Vasquez de Alcantar v. Holder
Petitioner fails to meet continuous residence requirement for cancellation of removal because admission status is achieved only after legal permanent residency is granted.
Immigration Jun. 6, 2011
Guevara v. Holder
Employment authorization issued to undocumented alien pending his status adjustment does not grant ‘admittance in any status’ to qualify for cancellation of removal.
Immigration Jun. 6, 2011
Ixcot v. Holder
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act cannot be applied retroactively to alien who submitted asylum application before its enactment.
Immigration Jun. 2, 2011
Irigoyen-Briones v. Holder
Board of Immigration of Appeals errs in rejecting petitioner’s appeal, which was filed one day after deadline, where deadline was not jurisdictional.
Immigration Jun. 1, 2011
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Whiting
Federal law does not preempt Arizona law, which requires suspension of business licenses of employers who knowingly employ unauthorized aliens.
Immigration May 27, 2011