Ep. 254 - Precedential Decisions from 3/3/2025 - 3/9/2025 (LPR as arriving alien; parole; false testimony & good moral character; arson aggravated felony; politics in Nicaragua; political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws)

Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

• LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix; parole

Penaranda v. Bondi, No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)

• false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NTA; Wilkinson and non-LPR cancellation of removal

Mohammed v. Bondi, No. 24-3649 (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

• arson in violation of VA Code § 18.2-77; malice; INA § 101(a)(43)(E)(i) arson aggravated felony; federal accomplice liability; 18 U.S.C. § 2

Laguna Rivera v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 23-12398 (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

• prior precedent rule; persecution of family members; exhaustion; failure to raise arguments to the BIA; considering support affidavits after adverse credibility; harm in the past; political involvement in Nicaragua

Tian v. Bondi, No. 22-6053 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

• political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws; pretextual arrest as persecution; pretextual prosecution; police beating; BIA failure to analyze material evidence

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Chapters

• 4:20 Lau v. Bondi (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
• 14:03 Penaranda v. Bondi (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)
• 24:21 Mohammed v. Bondi (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
• 32:23 Laguna Rivera v. U.S. Att'y Gen. (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)
• 38:32 Tian v. Bondi (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)