Immigration Review

Ep. 205 - Precedential Decisions from 3/25/2024 - 3/31/2024 (mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; religion; CIMT; New Jersey second-degree robbery; naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting)

April 01, 2024
Immigration Review
Ep. 205 - Precedential Decisions from 3/25/2024 - 3/31/2024 (mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; religion; CIMT; New Jersey second-degree robbery; naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting)
Show Notes Chapter Markers

Khalil v. Garland, No. 23-1443 (1st Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

  • mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; intertwined reasons; religion; persecution standard; de novo review of government-actor prong of CAT protection; duty to intervene; Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt 

 

Almanzar v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3092 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

  • second-degree robbery, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:15-1(a); CIMT; Diaz-Lizarraga; transforming generic theft into CIMT; synergy and Matter of Lopez-Meza



Melara v. Mayorkas, 663 F. Supp. 3d 1158 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

  • naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting; fraudulent or willful misrepresentation




National Immigration Litigation Alliance Wilkinson Practice Advisory



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Khalil v. Garland (1st Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)
Almanzar v. Att'y Gen. U.S. (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)
Melara v. Mayorkas (C.D. Cal. 2021)