Immigration Review Ep. 299 - Precedential Decisions from 1/12/2026 - 1/18/2026 (California assault & crime of violence; serious non political crime & duress; deficient NTA; 237(a)(1)(H) waivers & fraud; termination of refugee status; Salvadoran prisons & CAT)
United States v. Ramiro Gomez, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) (en banc)
- crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea; Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52; plain error
Matter of D-G-B-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 392 (BIA 2026)
- serious non political crime; drug trafficking activity; duress; statutory interpretation; Neguise; CAT; Sinaloa cartel; domestic violence; acquiesce; insufficient police reporting
Matter of Laparra-Deleon, 29 I&N Dec. 389 (BIA 2026)
- deficient NTA; in absentia motions to reopen; Campos Chavez
Matter of M-C-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 401 (BIA 2026)
- INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; fraud or willful misrepresentation; INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(i); military service during Bosnian War; discretion; history of untruthfulness; adverse inference from invoking Fifth Amendment; family ties must outweigh fraud
Mukantagara, et al. v. Noem, et al., No. 24-4071 (10th Cir. Jan. 12, 2026)
- discretion; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 207(c)(4); termination of asylum status; Rwanda genocide
Fuentes-Pineda v. Bondi, No. 24-60592 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2026) and
Sayegh de Kewayfati, et al. v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-20073 (5th Cir. Jan 14, 2025)
- prison conditions; state of exception; former gang members; past torture; Amnesty International reports; El Salvador
- jurisdiction for APA lawsuit over denial of affirmative asylum application; TPS
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