Immigration Review

Ep. 222 - Precedential Decisions from 7/22/2024 - 7/28/2024 (administrative notice of foreign law; credibility; derivative citizenship; best interests of the child; asylum & Angola; PFR venue; bonafide Egyptian marriage & pro se respondents)

Shen v. Garland, No. 16-71315 (9th Cir. July 24, 2024)

  • administrative notice of foreign law; forced abortion; 2003 change in law for Chinese premarital checkups; exhaustion of sub-arguments; Alam; credibility; mistaken memory may lead to change in testimony; DHS misstating facts on cross-examination  

 


Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland, No. 22-507 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024)

  • derivative citizenship; former INA § 321 (repealed); Cheneau; paternity established by legitimation; Baja California Mexico Code

 


Gonzalez-Rivas v. Garland, No. 21-3364 (8th Cir. July 23, 2024)

  • hardship standard; best interests of the child; mixed question of law and fact; Wilkinson

 


L.N. v. Garland, No. 23-60203 (5th Cir. July 25, 2024)

  • standards of review; reweighing evidence; asylum; CAT analysis in the aggregate; Angola 

 


Castillo v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 23-2123 (3d Cir. July 24, 2024)

  • petition for review venue; Matter of Garcia; filing of NTA; Costello

 


Sandoval Reynoso v. Garland, No. 23-2480 (7th Cir. July 23, 2024)

  • non-LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; Patel; Kucana; Wilkinson

 


Elgebaly v. Garland, No. 24-0154 (6th Cir. July 23, 2024)

  • Form I-751 waiver petitions; good faith marriage; Egyptian marriage; credibility; duty to develop record with pro se respondents; motion to reopen; Jarkesy





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