

Immigration Review
Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)
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 Tuesday, 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/
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Aug 5, 2025 • 49min
Ep. 275 - Precedential Decisions from 7/28/2025 - 8/3/2025 (isomers; realistic probability test; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; due process & one-year asylum filing deadline; MS-13, experts & CAT protection; administrative closure)
Matter of Felix-Figueroa, 29 I&N Dec. 157 (BIA 2025)isomers; possession of methamphetamine; realistic probability test; burdens Rivera Samayoa v. Bondi, No. 24-1432 (1st Cir. July 28, 2025)cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed questions of law and fact; discretionary relief; cumulative hardship analysis Real v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 24-1545 (3d Cir. July 30, 2025)due process; extraordinary circumstances; one-year asylum deadline; jurisdiction; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); INA § 203(a)(3) Navarro v. Bondi, No. 24-1253 (4th Cir. July 31, 2025)MS-13; CAT protection; credibility; omissions; expert evidence; more likely than not; issue exhaustion. Sanchez-Banos v. Bondi, No. 24-2241 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025) administrative closure; Avetisyan factors; failure to submit hardship evidenceSponsors 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. Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Jul 29, 2025 • 44min
Ep. 274 - Precedential Decisions from 7/21/2025 - 7/27/2025 (alienage; cooperation with U.S. government; competency; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; summary affirmance; U visa; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; due process)
Da Silva Borges v. Bondi, No. 24-1695 (1st Cir. July 18, 2025) · DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard; Rosa Perez Cruz v. Bondi, No. 24-2865 (9th Cir. July 21, 2025) · CAT protection; Gulf Cartel; cooperation with U.S. government; presumption of regularity; considering entire record; audio issues; due process; prejudice; Mexico Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9598 (10th Cir. July 22, 2025) · mental health; competency; hunger strike; continuance Cano-Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 24-1616 (1st Cir. July 24, 2025) · asylum; CAT protection; nexus; particular social group; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; waiver of issuesGomez-Gabriel v. U.S. Atty Gen., No. 24-2559 (3d Cir. July 24, 2025) · Summary affirmance; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4); issue exhaustion; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); nexus; gang violence; indigenous Cabello Garcia v. USCIS, No. 23-35267 (9th Cir. July 22, 2025) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); U visa adjustment of status; 8 U.S.C. § 1255(m); medical exam; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; adjustment of status; Administrative Procedure Act; due process; Patel v. Garland 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. Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too! Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Jul 22, 2025 • 59min
Ep. 273 - Precedential Decisions from 7/14/2025 - 7/20/2025 (BIA self-certification of LPR grant; separation of powers; bond & danger; particularity & women; family nexus & revenge; IAC; hardship - Monreal factors, medical experts & dangerous countries)
Qatanani v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1849 (3d Cir. July 15, 2025) BIA self-certification; separation of powers; rescission; grant of LPR status; Kisor deference; constitutional violation & discretionary adjustment of status; due process Matter of C-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 141 (BIA 2025) DHS meeting bond burden; danger; flight risk; withholding-only; unlawful reentries Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 145 (BIA 2025) particularity; sex; nationality; women viewed as property; societal views Mejia-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 23-1508 (7th Cir. July 17, 2025) family-based nexus; revenge; unable or unwilling; well-founded fear; threats rising to the level of past-persecution; murder of family members; untimely assertion of deficient NTA claims processing rule; Honduras Singh v. Bondi, No 24-1602 (7th Cir. July 18, 2025) reissuing BIA decisions to petition for review; ineffective assistance of counsel; Lozada Goncalves Leao v. Bondi, No. 24-1239 (1st Cir. July 14, 2025) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; child with drug issues; Monreal; absence of medical expert Alay v. Bondi, No. 24-1299 (1st Cir. July 16, 2025) hardship review; children knowing mother is in dangerous situation; individualized analysis; Guatemala 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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

Jul 15, 2025 • 33min
Ep. 272 - Precedential Decisions from 7/7/2025 - 7/13/2025 (CAT protection - anti Ukraine War in Russia, detention conditions in Russia and Haiti & mental health; discretion & DUI arrest; withholding-only review; hardship review & economic difficulties)
Matter of E-Z-, 29 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2025). CAT protection; returnees from the United States; anti Ukraine war political opinion; detention in Russia Matter of Gonzalez Jimenez, 29 I&N Dec. 129 (BIA 2025) discretion; adverse factors; DUI; false tax information; false social security number; relying on advice of professionals Matter of S-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 2025) CAT protection; prison conditions in Haiti; anecdotal torture; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture Castejon-Paz and Cerrato-Barahona v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6024, 22-6349 (2d Cir. July 8, 2025) withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; reinstatement; final order of removal; no-reasonable fear challenge; Riley Garcia-Pascual v. Bondi, No. 20-2529 (8th Cir. July 7, 2025) economic hardship; difficulty of child visiting father abroad; non-LPR cancellation of removal 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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

Jul 10, 2025 • 1h 3min
Special Episode - AILA National Conference Interview 2025! Kelli Stump and Jeff Joseph (conversation with the AILA Presidents)
AILA: https://www.aila.org/Kelli Stump: https://www.stumpimmigration.com/Jeff Joseph: https://www.bal.com/people/jeffrey-joseph/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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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

Jul 8, 2025 • 33min
Ep. 271 - Precedential Decisions from 6/30/2025 - 7/6/2025 (nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; no animus requirement; acquiescence; CAT - bisexual suspected gang members with tattoos; deceit agg fel; retroaction 212(h) waiver)
Tipan Lopez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1444 (3d Cir. June 30, 2025) nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; incorporation of international law; no animus requirement; fervent but unsuccessful resistance to torture can be acquiescence; Ecuador Matter of A-A-F-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2025) suspected gang members with tattoos; bisexual individuals; state exception policy in El Salvador; prison conditions; sharing criminal information with El Salvador; standard of review; use of statistical information Lanoue v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2583 (3d Cir. July 1, 2025) deceit; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); 18 U.S.C. § 287; 18 U.S.C. § 2; false claims to Veterans Affairs; $10,000 amount; restitution; retroactive INA § 212(h) waiver; not an applicant for admission when under investigation 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Jul 1, 2025 • 1h 6min
Ep. 270 - Precedential Decisions from 6/23/2025 - 6/29/2025 (birthright citizenship & injunctive relief; withholding-only review; CIMT; nexus; cancellation of removal - reserved decision & hardship; PSG definition; relocation)
Trump, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al., No. 24-884 (U.S. June 27, 2025) injunctive relief in immigration cases Riley v. Bondi, No. 23-1270 (U.S. June 26, 2025) withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal Lainez v. Bondi, No. 21-6386 (2d Cir. June 23, 2025) derivative citizenship; former INA § 321(a); establishing paternity through legitimation; Loper Bright; statutory interpretation; affirmative acts to establish paternity Matter of Mayorga Ipina, 29 I&N Dec. 110 (BIA 2025) CIMT; mandatory detention; bond; lewd and lascivious conduct; indecent exposure Matter of C-I-R-H- & H-S-V-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 114 (BIA 2025) nexus; identity of persecutors unknown; motive Zalaya Orellana v. Bondi, No. 24-1111 (4th Cir. June 24, 2025) reserved cancellation of removal grant; 4,000 cap; OPPM 17-04; Accardi Doctrine; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.21 Xiquin Xirum v. Bondi, No. 24-1413 (1st Cir. June 25, 2025) cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; normal hardship to childrenImmigrants' List Mejia Ponce, et al. v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 23-14124 (11th Cir. June 23, 2025) particular social group definition post-Loper Bright; prior panel’s alternative holding; limiting principles Gurkirat Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-3091 (7th Cir. June 24, 2025) low-level Mann party Sikh asylum claim; reasonable relocation as mixed question of law and fact; Matter of Burbano; IndiaSponsors 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Jun 24, 2025 • 34min
Ep. 269 - Precedential Decisions from 6/16/2025 - 6/22/2025 (crime of child abuse; conviction after naturalization; parole; termination ; parole; Cuban Adjustment Act; M-A-M- safeguards; CIMT; motion to reopen; mental health facilities in Guatemala)
Gonzalez Castillo v. Bondi, No. 24-3631 (6th Cir. June 18, 2025)crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; conviction after naturalization; denaturalization; statutory interpretation; rule of lenity; “is convicted” Matter of Roque-Izada, 29 I&N Dec. 106 (BIA 2025)termination of removal proceedings; parole; Cuban Adjustment Act; C.F.R. § 1003.18(d); Cabrera Fernandez; parole Lemus-Escobar v. Bondi, No. 18-73423 (9th Cir. June 16, 2025)mental health; attorney not necessarily adequate safeguard; CIMT; NACARA; Loper Bright; shooting a firearm at an inhabited dwelling in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 246; attorney withdrawal of asylum application; motion to reopen and discretion; withholding, CAT, and mental health facilities in GuatemalaSponsors 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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

Jun 17, 2025 • 1h 5min
Special Episode - Interview with former Appellate Immigration Judge (BIA) Andrea Saenz (background; behind the scenes at the BIA; appellate strategy; Co-Counsel, and much more!)
Links!!!!Co-Counsel NYC profile: https://cocounsel.org/our-team/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-s%C3%A1enz-41aaa71/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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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

Jun 17, 2025 • 40min
Ep. 268 - Precedential Decisions from 6/9/2025 - 6/15/2025 (circuit court IAC; inability to practice religion freely; bond & flight; false testimony during naturalization & good moral character; nexus & gangs; hardship & child medical conditions)
Li v. Bondi, No. 18-70278 (9th Cir. June 10, 2025)ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration De Souza Silva, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-834 (9th Cir. June 11, 2025)past persecution; inability to practice religion freely; internal relocation; practicing religion in secret; Candomblé; Brazil Matter of E-Y-F-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 103 (BIA 2025)bond; flight risk despite grant of withholding of removal; Laken Riley implications Grey v. USCIS, No. 23-1910 (4th Cir. June 10, 2025)false testimony during deposition; good moral character for naturalization; FOIA exemption 7(E); evidentiary exclusion for discovery violations Antonio de Paz-Peraza v. Bondi, No. 24-2854 (7th Cir. June 9, 2025)nexus; young Salvadoran males; gang recruitment; MS-13; El Salvador Toalombo Yanez v. Bondi, No. 22-6267 (2d Cir. June 13, 2025)exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; Wilkinson; clear error; serious medical condition standard; retroactivity 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.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want 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


