Immigration Review

Azumah v. USCIS, No. 22-2175 (4th Cir. July 9, 2024)naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 8 C.F.R. § 316.2(b); applicant for admission Bador v. Garland, No. 22-6492 (2d Cir. July 11, 2024)INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional permanent resident; INA § 216(c)(4)(B); I-751; Vasquez v. Holder; bonafide marriage; Matter of Bador Aguilar v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 18-3320 (3d Cir. July 10, 2024)pre-trial detention; “confined as a result of conviction”; good moral character; INA § 101(f)(7); de novo review post-Chevron Calvo-Tino v. Garland, No. 23-3212 (8th Cir. July 12, 2024)past persecution; inadequate medical facilities; failure to show persecutory intent; Guatemala  Alkotof v. Garland, No. 22-10863 (11th Cir. July 12, 2024)continuance; administrative closure; prejudice; discretionary relief; U-visa; I-130 revocation Links related to Senator Murphy's Bill:Bill TextSenator's AnnouncementOne-page DescriptionAILA's AnnouncementAILA TweetSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

All about Eric Lee: Law Firm Website (Diamante Law): https://www.diamantelaw.com/meet-ourEmail: elee@diamantelaw.comSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Gutierrez v. Garland, Nos., 22-554, 21-130 (9th Cir. July 2, 2024)carjacking in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 215(a); aggravated felony crime of violence; crime involving moral turpitude; statute silent on mens rea; Borden; California robbery;  res judicata  Cruz Galicia v. Garland, No. 23-1910 (1st Cir. July 1, 2024)climate refugees; particular social group; review by three member panel; Guatemala  Williams v. Garland, No. 20-2074 (1st Cir. July 2, 2024)former INA § 212(c) relief; ignoring testimony; departure from regular BIA practice; sexual abuse of a minor and discretion Garcia Carrera v. Garland, No. 22-6319 (2d Cir. July 3, 2024) non-LPR cancellation of removal; hardship considered cumulatively; Wilkinson Rivera, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-2351 (8th Cir. July 5, 2024)nexus; mixed-motive religion standard favorable to noncitizens; evangelical Christian; preaching to gang members; Chicas-Machado; temporary BIA members and Attorney General authority; MS-13; El Salvador Hatchet v. Andrade, et al., No. 23-5920 (8th Cir. July 3, 2024)jurisdiction; Patel; adjustment of status; USCIS review; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)Sponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Links!!!!All about AILAAll about FarshadAll about KelliFarshad's AILA Annual Conference 2024 SpeechKelli's AILA Annual Conference 2024 SpeechSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Legal expert Manzano discusses cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses, including nexus and religious persecution. Topics covered include agency deference, discretionary determinations, aggravated felonies, obstruction of justice, and mens rea in immigration law.

This podcast covers legal topics such as fundamental right to live with spouse, lawful sanctions, credibility assessments, failure to consider therapist letters, deficient OSC due process, no-notice reopenings, reasonable fear reviews, and deficient NTAs. It explores complex immigration cases and offers insights into jurisdictional issues, timely filing of petitions, and due process rights in deportation orders.

Topics in this podcast include in absentia motion to reopen, deficient Notice of Hearing, crime of violence in Colorado, nexus for withholding, CIMT retroactivity, and prolonged detention post-reinstatement. Each topic is analyzed in depth with legal insights and case examples.

Caselaw HousekeepingSouth Carolina domestic violence (4th Cir.); Afghan and Iraqi Allies, et al. v. Blinken, et al (D.C. Cir.); Jajati v. CBP (9th Cir.) Smith v. Garland, No. 22-954 (9th Cir. June 3, 2024)authentication of domestic records; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6; exhaustion; government failure to raise argument; CAT protection; Guyana Smith v. Garland, et. al, No. 23-2874 (7th Cir. June 3, 2024)arbitrary and capricious; motion to dismiss; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(16)(i) and (ii); summary of adverse evidence; marriage fraud; procedural due process; substantive due process Soni v. Jaddou, No. 23-3220 (7th Cir. June 6, 2024)I-601A waivers; delay; mandamus; action; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) A.P.A. v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-10496 (11th Cir. June 6, 2024)one year asylum filing deadline; prior precedent rule; “satisfaction of the Attorney General” language in INA; mixed question of law and fact; transgender women; pattern or practice of persecution; Mexico Sponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Huynh v. Garland, No. 23-1318 (8th Cir. May 28, 2024)sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; possession of child pornography; INA § 101(A)(43)(a); Iowa Code § 728.12(3); INA § 101(a)(43)(L); CIMT; realistic provability and case exemplars Lopez-Sorto v. Garland, No. 21-2107 (4th Cir. May 31, 2024)CAT protection; mootness and physical removal; ICE’s Facilitation of Return Policy; reverting back to LPR status; Rodriguez-Arias; J-F-F-; aggregating torture; El Salvador; expert testimony Stankiewicz v. Garland, No. 21-6265 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)relating to controlled substance; closes match for generic offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); Matter of Rosa; distributing a controlled substance on or near school property, in violation of N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-7; 21 U.S.C. § 841; 21 U.S.C. § 860; double jeopardy and different sentences don’t necessarily mean divisibility; Mathis peak last resort; jury instructions with fill in the blank for drug Black v. Decker, No. 20-3224 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)mandatory detention; INA § 236(c); Mathews Test; government interest; ability to pay and alternative means; bond hearing; Jennings; prolonged detentionSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389 (U.S. May 23, 2024)sentence enhancement; ACCA; Pennsylvania marijuana; Florida cocaine; categorical approach point of comparison Matter of M-N-I-, 28 I&N Dec. 803 (BIA 2024)choice of law; change of venue; Matter of Garcia; administrative control court; notice of hearing Tulung v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (1st Cir. May 21, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; Chinese Christian; Indonesia; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; new evidenceDurakovic v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (8th Cir. May 20, 2024)Bosnian Muslims; religion and nexus; police information; one central reason vs. a reason; asylum and withholding nexus standard Leger v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-10971 (11th Cir. May 20, 2024)sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(A); Said and marijuana; prior precedent rule; Fla. Stat. § 800.04(4); age differential; statutory rape; generic definition and statutory construction; deficient NTA; claims processing rule argument misconstrued by BIA as jurisdictionSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show