Immigration Review
A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A.
Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to.
*Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/
Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to.
*Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/
Episodes
270 episodes
Ep. 247 - Precedential Decisions from 1/13/2024 - 1/19/2025 (CIMTs & fleeing police; res judicata; electronic notice; indigenous men & nexus; PSG identification on appeal; aggravated felony obstruction of justice; transgender women in Guatemala)
Ndungu v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 20-2562 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) (en banc)history of CIMT; transactional view of res judicata; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, in violation of 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3733(a.2)(2);...
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Ep. 246 - Precedential Decisions from 1/6/2024 - 1/12/2025 (Laken Riley Act; duty to intervene standard for government acquiesce or consent for CAT deferral; UN duty to intervene; two-pronged analysis; Boko Haram; Nigeria)
Akinsanya v. Garland, No. 24-1412 (1st Cir. Jan. 10, 2025)duty to intervene standard for government acquiesce or consent for CAT deferral; UN duty to intervene; two-pronged analysis; Boko Haram; Nigeria...
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Ep. 245 - Precedential Decisions from 12/30/2024 - 1/5/2025 (SCOTUS preview; crime of violence; “bodily injury”; emotional or verbal injury; realistic probability test; wholesale exclusion of evidence during discretionary analysis as legal error)
United States v. Defrance, No. 23-2409 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2024)crime of violence; “bodily injury”; MT Code Ann. § 45-5-206(1)(a); assault; emotional or verbal injury; realistic probability test ...
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Ep. 244 - Precedential Decisions from 12/23/2024 - 12/29/2024 (prior adverse credibility & reopening; stolen property aggravated felony; VAWA & hardship reopening; well-founded fear & Brazil; definition of exceptional & extremely unusual hardship)
Singh v. Garland, No. 23-2065 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)prior adverse credibility & motion to reopen; disregarding affidavits; corroborating evidence; falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus; Mann party; Sikh; Badal Par...
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Ep. 243 - Precedential Decisions from 12/16/2024 - 12/22/2024 (EB-2 visa; I-140 revocation; temporary Appellate IJ; Attorney General and INA § 103(g); BIA asylum affirmance; in absentia motion to reopen; hardship, voluntary departure &continuance review)
Viana Guedes, et al., v, Mayorkas, et al., No. 24-1228 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024)I-140 revocation; Bouarfa; jurisdiction; Patel; EB-2 NIW; discretion Salomon-Guillen v....
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Ep. 242 - Precedential Decisions from 12/9/2024 - 12/15/2024 (crime of violence; H-1B & marijuana industry; revocation of I-130 petition; circumstance specific approach; aggravated felony rape; adverse credibility; family based particular social group)
Case round up:United States v. Burwell, No. 16-3009 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) – crime of violence; divisibility; Federal bank robbery in violation of U.S.C. § 2113(a); common law robbery; Mathis peek; jury instructi...
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Ep. 241 - Precedential Decisions from 12/2/2024 - 12/8/2024 (Senator Markey Immigrants' List event!; mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs)
Escobar Larin v. Garland, No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024)mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador&nb...
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Ep. 240 - Precedential Decisions from 11/25/2024 - 12/1/2024 (thank you Patrons!; CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud)
Lamine Kouyate v. Garland, No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024)CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud
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Ep. 239 - Precedential Decisions from 11/18/2024 - 11/24/2024 (BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; federal definition of marijuana; hemp; realistic probability test)
Diaz-Valdez v. Garland, No. 23-1576 (1st Cir. Nov. 22, 2024)BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; extraordinary circumstances; attorney statements; evidentiary sufficiency; guaranteed delivery
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Ep. 238 - Precedential Decisions from 11/11/2024 - 11/17/2024 (nexus to political opinion; church leaders; small business owners; death threats, extortion & past persecution; reasonable relocation; gang violence; unable or unwilling to protect)
Aleman Belloso v. Garland, No. 23-114 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024)nexus; church leader; political opinion; particular social group - influential church leaders; no requirement to report harm for CAT; circularity not fatal; agen...
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Ep. 237 - Precedential Decisions from 11/4/2024 - 11/10/2024 (mental competency; M-A-M- safeguards; termination for regulator violations; serious reasons for believing serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence; failure to act)
Reid v. Garland, No. 20-3324 (2d Cir. Nov. 5, 2024)mental competency; Matter of M-A-M- safeguards; due process; no prejudice required; termination for regulator violations Morgan v....
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Ep. 236 - Precedential Decisions from 10/28/2024 - 11/3/2024 (denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel; CIMT; elements of sentence enhancement; aging out qualifying relatives; hardship review; fraud; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver & I-751 petition)
Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2024) (en banc)denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla...
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Ep. 235 - Precedential Decisions from 10/21/2024 - 10/27/2024 (past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; metering; injunction; credibility; hardship review; Haitian mental health claims)
Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mi...
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Ep. 234 - Precedential Decisions from 10/14/2024 - 10/20/2024 (in absentia motion to reopen - exceptional circumstances; totality of circumstances; traffic accidents; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; NACARA; economic hardship; mixed question review)
Montejo-Gonzalez, et al. v. Garland, No. 21-304 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024)in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; traffic acci...
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Ep. 233 - Precedential Decisions from 10/7/2024 - 10/13/2024 (family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; unable or unwilling to control only in home city in Mexico; Salvadoran men; resistance to gang recruitment)
Meza Diaz, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-973 (9th Cir. Oct. 8, 2024)family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; nexus for kidnapping; unable or unwilling to control only in home city; police stat...
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Ep. 232 - Precedential Decisions from 9/30/2024 - 10/6/2024 (EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation)
Nguyen v. Jaddou, No. 23-20597 (5th Cir. Oct. 3, 2024)EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; successor-in-interest; jurisdiction Singh v. Garland, No. 23-95 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2...
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Ep. 231 - Precedential Decisions from 9/23/2024 - 9/29/2024 (Ukraine; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; generic federal definition of methamphetamine; extradition; State Department & CAT)
Tereshchenko v. Karimi, No. 24-172 (2d Cir. May 16, 2024)Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; Interpol Yellow Notice; waiving affirmative defense; Ukraine&nb...
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Ep. 230 - Precedential Decisions from 9/16/2024 - 9/22/2024 (CIMT & retail theft; family, nexus & mixed motive; DHS non-opp to motion to remand; prolonged detention; FARO & aggravated felony obstruction of justice; extraordinary circumstances & reopening)
Matter of Thakker, 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024)Matter of Jurado; temporary taking; Diaz Lizarraga; retail theft; 18 Penn. Con. Stat § 3929(a)(l) Mazariegos-Rodas v....
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Ep. 229 - Precedential Decisions from 9/9/2024 - 9/15/2024 (failure to report as a child; manner of entry, jurisdiction & Patel; petty theft & CIMT; single scheme; pardons; Skidmore deference; fetus persecution)
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland, No. 21-6293 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024)Honduran women; harm by family as a child; failure to report as a child; unable or unwilling to protect; erroneous reliance on State Department report; fai...
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Ep. 228 - Precedential Decisions from 9/2/2024 - 9/8/2024 (deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA; crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm)
Matter of R-T-P-, 28 I&N Dec. 828 (BIA 2024)deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA United States v. Perez Garcia, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2024)
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Ep. 227 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2024 - 9/1/2024 (reopening standard; attempted child abuse; jurisdiction - Patel, I-601 & I-751; nexus & harm in the U.S.; reasonable fear review; derivative U.S. citizenship)
Mouns v. Garland, No. 22-1368 (4th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; L-O-G-; prima facie standard; Coelho; reasonable likelihood; Yemen Matter ...
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Ep. 226 - Precedential Decisions from 8/19/2024 - 8/25/2024 (asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence)
Aben v. Garland, No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024)Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; Cameroon<...
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Ep. 225 - Precedential Decisions from 8/12/2024 - 8/18/2024 (vacated criminal conviction & reopening; murder; voluntary departure; temporary BIA members; nexus; police reports & discretion)
Bent v. Garland, No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance ...
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Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility)
Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9)Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel United...
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Ep. 223 - Precedential Decisions from 7/29/2024 - 8/4/2024 (challenging DHS regulations; material support of terrorism & due process; naturalization delay; particularly serious crime; mental health issues; past persecution & Mann party)
Save Jobs USA v. DHS, No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)challenging DHS regulations; Washtech; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis Jani v. Garland...
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