Immigration Review Ep. 311 - Precedential Decisions: 4/6/2026 - 04/12/2026 (FARO; Riley; ICE emails; termination; in absentia; ICE non-appearance in court; particular social group exhaustion; nexus; pro se exhaustion; mootness; deficient Form I-693)
Velazquez-Olais v. Blanche, No. 25-1244 (7th Cir. Apr. 6, 2026)
- FARO; Riley; ICE emails; review of ICE decision refusing to reopen FARO
Matter of Bolivar-Bolivar, 29 I&N Dec. 548 (BIA 2026)
- termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage; DHS need not appear; Tepec-Garcia
Gamas-Vicente v. Blanche, No. 25-3415 (6th Cir. Apr. 7, 2026)
- particular social group exhaustion; due process and interpreters; new particular social group on petition for review
Santana Gonzalez v. Blanche, No. 16-70793 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2026)
- asylum; nexus; pro se exhaustion; Ninth Circuit stay policies
Mukhtar v. Lambrecht, et al., No. 24-1451 (10th Cir. Apr. 8, 2026)
- mootness; denial of adjustment based on deficient Form I-693; Class B medical issue; action capable of repetition yet evading review; voluntary cessation
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