BIA Holds That Where A Notice To Appear Fails To Specify The Time Or Place Of A Respondent’s Initial Removal Hearing, The Subsequent Service Of A Notice Of Hearing Specifying… CONTINUE
Can a Lawful Permanent Resident be Removed Because of a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance Conviction?
BIA Holds That §58-37-8(2)(a)(i) Of The Utah Code, Which Criminalizes Possession Or Use Of A Controlled Substance, Is Divisible With Respect To The Identity Of The Specific “Controlled Substance” Involved… CONTINUE
Reviewing the Concept of Persecution for Asylum
Acting Attorney General Holds That Matter Of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018), Did Not Alter The Existing Standard For Determining Whether A Government Is “Unwilling Or Unable” To… CONTINUE
Determining Fraudulent Documents by Immigration Judge
BIA Holds That An Immigration Judge May Find A Document To Be Fraudulent Without Forensic Analysis Or Other Expert Testimony Where The Document Contains Obvious Defects Or Readily Identifiable Hallmarks… CONTINUE
BIA Holds That The Risk Of Harm To A Child….
BIA Holds That The Risk Of Harm To A Child Required To Obtain A Conviction For Child Neglect In The Second Degree Under §163.54(1) Of the Oregon Revised Statutes Is… CONTINUE
BIA Holds That Expert Testimony is Evidence, But Only…
BIA Holds That Expert Testimony is Evidence, But Only An Immigration Judge Makes Factual Findings. When The Immigration Judge Makes A Factual Finding That Is Not Consistent With An Expert’s… CONTINUE
Sosa Ventura Limited Waiver of Inadmissibility…
BIA Holds That Where One Who Was Previously Present In The U.S. Without Being Admitted Or Parole Has His Or Her Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Terminated, He Or She Remains… CONTINUE
BIA Rules on Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel…
BIA Holds That Attorney’s Acceptance Of Responsibility For Error Does Not Discharge The Disciplinary Authority Complaint Obligation Under Matter Of Lozada, 19 I&N Dec. 637 (BIA 1988), Particularly Where The… CONTINUE
Filing a Frivolous Asylum Claim
BIA Holds That, Absent A Showing Of Prejudice On Account Of Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Or A Showing That Clearly Undermines The Validity And Finality Of The Finding, It Is… CONTINUE
AG Erases Duress Exception For Persecutors Seeking Asylum
ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS THAT THE PERSECUTOR BAR TO ELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EXCEPTION FOR COERCION OR DURESS. DHS DOES NOT HAVE AN EVIDENTIARY… CONTINUE