Ep. 295 - Precedential Decisions from 12/15/2025 - 12/21/2025 (DHS burden to prove alienage; CAT; discretion; criminal history; bond; well-founded fear; GMC; due process; firm resettlement)

Matter of Tepec-Garcia, 29 I&N Dec. 371 (BIA 2025)

• termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage 

Matter of L-A-G-B-, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• Panama cartels; CAT; snitches; series of suppositions 

Matter of Kim, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; criminal history; South Korea

Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay, 29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; weighing factors; criminal history; OSHA violations

Matter of N-P-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 347 (BIA 2025)

• de novo; well-founded fear; ability to freely leave country; pretextual summons; Moldova

Matter of Rodriguez Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 358 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; threats; false claim to citizenship; victim affidavits; dismissed criminal charges

Matter of Palma-Olvera, 29 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 2025)

• good moral character; DUI; Castollo-Perez; rebutting presumption

Sanik Herrera v. Bondi, No. 25-3207 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2025)

• motion to reopen; exhaustion; due process; sua sponte

Liao v. Bondi, No. 25-60427 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2025)

• untimely petition for review; mandatory claims processing rule; Riley; prison mailbox rule; affidavits

Matter of L-T-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 362 (BIA 2025) 

• firm resettlement; some other type of permanent resettlement; A-G-G-

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Chapters

• 2:29 Matter of Tepec-Garcia, 29 I&N Dec. 371 (BIA 2025)
• 8:21 Matter of L-A-G-B-, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)
• 11:50 Matter of Kim, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)
• 17:18 Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay, 29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2025)
• 20:03 Matter of N-P-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 347 (BIA 2025)
• 23:33 Matter of Rodriguez Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 358 (BIA 2025)
• 28:31 Matter of Palma-Olvera, 29 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 2025)
• 33:24 Sanik Herrera v. Bondi, No. 25-3207 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2025)
• 38:39 Liao v. Bondi, No. 25-60427 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2025)
• 42:18 Matter of L-T-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 362 (BIA 2025)