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Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft
Alien may offer direct testimony to establish 10-year residency required for cancellation of removal.
Immigration Aug. 24, 2004
San Pedro v. Ashcroft
Authority to grant discretionary waiver rests with attorney general, not court.
Immigration Aug. 24, 2004
Cheema v. Ashcroft
Lack of evidence of terrorist activities warrants reassessment of plaintiffs' petitions for withholding of deportation.
Immigration Aug. 24, 2004
Simeonov v. Ashcroft
Petitioner is statutorily ineligible for suspension of deportation because he is alien in exclusion proceedings.
Immigration Aug. 23, 2004
Acevedo-Carranza v. Ashcroft
Immigrant appealing aggravated felon status must seek review of board ruling through circuit court before filing habeas petition.
Immigration Aug. 23, 2004
Tokatly v. Ashcroft
Court may not look beyond record of conviction to determine whether alien's crime was one of 'domestic violence.'
Immigration Aug. 23, 2004
Garcia-Martinez v. Ashcroft
Immigration judge's denial of asylum for lack of persecution was not supported by substantial evidence.
Immigration Aug. 23, 2004
Vukmirovic v. Ashcroft
Immigration judge erred in ordering petitioner deportable by labeling his acts persecution rather than self-defense.
Immigration Aug. 16, 2004
Velezmoro v. Ashcroft
BIA must determine if petitioner who didn't voluntarily depart as ordered, but later married U.S. citizen, is barred from applying for adjustment of status.
Immigration Aug. 15, 2004
Guo v. Ashcroft
Judge's finding that Chinese immigrant did not suffer past persecution because of Christian beliefs is not supported by substantial evidence.
Immigration Aug. 9, 2004
Azanor v. Ashcroft
Nigerian citizen claiming female genital mutilation may be entitled to protection under Convention Against Torture.
Immigration Aug. 9, 2004
Khan v. Ashcroft
Immigration and Customs Enforcement not constitutionally required to translate master calendar hearing where petitioner was able to protect his interests at hearing.
Immigration Jul. 22, 2004
Mariscal-Sandoval v. Ashcroft
Permanent resident who attempted to smuggle undocumented aliens was not entitled to deportation proceeding.
Immigration Jul. 21, 2004
Sun v. Ashcroft
Alien must exhaust administrative remedies before filing habeas petition challenging removal order.
Immigration Jul. 21, 2004
Laing v. Ashcroft
Court erred in finding plaintiff had exhausted his judicial remedies in deportation case.
Immigration Jul. 21, 2004
Lopez-Molina v. Ashcroft
Appeals court lacks jurisdiction to review order removing alien suspected of trafficking drugs.
Immigration Jul. 18, 2004
U.S. v. Martinez-Martinez
Defendant's argument that conviction for illegal re-entry into U.S. should be reversed because of biased juror is rejected.
Immigration Jul. 16, 2004
Sidhu v. Ashcroft
Petitioner who was detained by customs officials before exiting secondary inspection area in airport isn't entitled to deportation proceedings.
Immigration Jul. 15, 2004
U.S. v. Rivas-Gonzalez
In sentencing defendant for illegal reentry after deportation, downward departure for cultural assimilation was not available in defendant's case.
Immigration Jul. 13, 2004
Bojorquez v. Ashcroft
Petitioner's rights were violated because she wasn't given notice that her departure from country would result in withdrawal of her pending appeal.
Immigration Jul. 13, 2004
Avendano-Ramirez v. Ashcroft
Immigrant who failed to establish good character within five-year period is not eligible for cancellation of removal.
Immigration Jul. 13, 2004
Tovar-Landin v. Ashcroft
Statute prohibiting voluntary departure at conclusion of removal proceedings to alien in United States for less than year doesn't violate constitutional rights.
Immigration Jul. 12, 2004
Singh v. Ashcroft
BIA is authorized to summarily dismiss appeal where petitioner fails to express factual or legal inadequacies of judge's decision.
Immigration Jul. 12, 2004
Ruiz-Moreles v. Ashcroft
Because petitioner's mayhem conviction for biting off man's ear qualifies as aggravated felony, he was properly found removable.
Immigration Jul. 12, 2004
Desta v. Ashcroft
Court has authority to stay order of voluntary departure while considering merits of alien's asylum petition.
Immigration Jul. 12, 2004
Gormley v. Ashcroft
Petitioners' failure to present compelling evidence rising to level of persecution results in denial of asylum.
Immigration Jul. 9, 2004
Garcia-Cortez v. Ashcroft
Board of Immigration Appeals erred in summarily dismissing appeal for failure to timely file brief where appeal was sufficiently detailed.
Immigration Jul. 9, 2004
Thai v. Ashcroft
Federal statute does not permit indefinite detention of removable alien due to mental illness.
Immigration Jul. 9, 2004
Lopez v. Ashcroft
Immigration board will decide whether changed country conditions warrant grant of asylum to Guatemalan citizen.
Immigration Jul. 9, 2004
Kebede v. Ashcroft
Immigration judge erred in making adverse credibility determination and finding alien failed to support her claim of past persecution with substantial evidence.
Immigration Jul. 9, 2004