Immigration Review

Matter of Baeza-Galindo, 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025)single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; temporal limitation; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii); criminal intent   Turner v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-11207 (11th Cir. Jan. 30, 2025)former INA 321(a)(3); derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright; Skidmore deferenceSponsors 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"Click me!Immigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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 VoyagerAll praise to the pod's wonderful editors!Luana Lima SerraDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Odds and ends, nonprofits, and law studentseffected nonprofits and law students: email me if you need anything at kgregg@kktplaw.com  Aguilar-Quintanilla v. McHenry, No. 24-60142 (5th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)CAT protection; removal does not moot CAT challenge; ICE facilitating return; suspected gang members in El Salvador; CAT even with adverse credibility; requirement to consider affidavits; requirement to actually consider evidence, rather than simply mention  Villagomez v. McHenry, No. 23-3558 (9th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)crime of violence; general intent crimes; battery resulting in substantial bodily harm under Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.481(2)(b); mens rea; violent force; Johnson; Borden Martinez v. Clark, No. 21-35023 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2024) (remand)detention; dangerousness; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; INA § 236 Doe v. Becerra, 732 F.Supp.3d 1071 (N.D. Cal. 2024)prolonged detention; mandatory detention; conditions of detention; habeas; punitive detention; alternatives to detention; substantive due processSponsors 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"Click me!Immigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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 VoyagerAll praise to the pod's wonderful editors!Luana Lima SerraDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Ndungu v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 20-2562 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) (en banc)history of CIMT; transactional view of res judicata; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, in violation of 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3733(a.2)(2); documents to be considered under the categorical approach; divisibility analysis; different punishments; Pennsylvania’s mens rea gap filling statute; hypotheticals  Matter of Arciniegas-Patino, 28 I&N Dec. 883 (BIA 2025) electronic notice of briefing schedule and deadlines; ECA; duty to check email and SPAM folder; motion to reconsider  Vargas Panchi v. Garland, No. 24-1172 (1st Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)indigenous men in Ecuador; race; nexus; soccer fight; denial of medical care; pattern or practice of persecution Mateo-Esteban v. Garland, No. 23-3951 (6th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)asserting particular social group for first time on appeal; Matter of W-Y-C- & H-O-B-; children who fear gangs in Guatemala; failure to report harm and CAT protection Godoy-Aguilar v. Garland, No. 19-70960 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 136.1(c)(1); Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; attempts; preventing arrest Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, No. 19-60355 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)transgender women in Guatemala; past persecution as a child; rape; BIA fact finding; mixed question of law and fact; failure to conduct pattern or practice analysis 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"Click me!Immigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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 VoyagerAll praise to the pod's wonderful editors!Luana Lima SerraDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Akinsanya v. Garland, No. 24-1412 (1st Cir. Jan. 10, 2025)duty to intervene standard for government acquiesce or consent for CAT deferral; UN duty to intervene; two-pronged analysis; Boko Haram; NigeriaSponsors 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"Click me!Immigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewDocketwise"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 VoyagerAll praise to the pod's wonderful editors!Luana Lima SerraDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

United States v. Defrance, No. 23-2409 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2024)crime of violence; “bodily injury”; MT Code Ann. § 45-5-206(1)(a); assault; emotional or verbal injury; realistic probability test Zarzecki v. Garland, No. 21-3267 (7th Cir. Jan. 3, 2025)wholesale exclusion of evidence during adjustment of status discretionary analysis as legal error; de novo review of discretionSponsors 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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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 VoyagerAll praise to the pod's wonderful editors!Luana Lima SerraDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Singh v. Garland, No. 23-2065 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)prior adverse credibility & motion to reopen; disregarding affidavits; corroborating evidence; falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus; Mann party; Sikh; Badal Party Chmukh v. Garland, No. 21-1096 (9th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)RCW § 69.50.4013; possession of stolen property aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); particularly serious crime; aggravated felony satisfying N-A-M- first step; dangerousness; issue exhaustion; Ukraine Magana-Magana v. Garland, No. 23-1887 (9th Cir. Dec. 26, 2024)VAWA motion to reopen; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship to children; exhaustion; sua sponte Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-1776 (1st Cir. Dec. 27, 2024)well-founded fear; objective reasonableness; drug dealers in Brazil; political opinion opposition to powerful family Chacon-Ruiz v. Garland, No. 21-3694 (8th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)motion to reopen for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; motion to reconsider; children in foster care Mateo-Mateo v. Garland, No. 23-2694 (7th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)family-related violence-type asylum; harm by family member Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland, No. 24-0274 (6th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)legal definition of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; agency deference post-Loper Bright; star decisis post-Loper Bright; rare hardshipNational Immigration Project links:Trial Skills for Immigration CourtJ.O.P. v. DHS Settlement Agreement 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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREECONTACT 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

Viana Guedes, et al., v, Mayorkas, et al., No. 24-1228 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024)I-140 revocation; Bouarfa; jurisdiction; Patel; EB-2 NIW; discretion  Salomon-Guillen v. Garland, No. 23-1723 (4th Cir. Dec. 18, 2024)temporary Appellate Immigration Judge; substantive vs. internal housekeeping regulations; agency following regulations where rights are affected; INA § 103(g); discretionary findings; extreme hardship; Patel Albayero-Gomez v. Garland, No. 23-3549 (8th Cir. Dec. 20, 2024)asylum; Matter of Burbano; unable or unwilling to protect; Guatemala  Luna v. Garland, No. 21-60195 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2024)in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez; deficient NTA; Rodriguez; non-receipt of notice of hearing; sworn affidavit; presumption of delivery Cuenca-Arroyo v. Garland, No. 23-60100 (5th Cir. Dec. 18, 2024)exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; jurisdiction to review voluntary departure; review of request for continuance  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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Case round up:United States v. Burwell, No. 16-3009 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) – crime of violence; divisibility; Federal bank robbery in violation of U.S.C. § 2113(a); common law robbery; Mathis peek; jury instructionsTreez, Inc. v. DHS, Case No. 22-cv-07027 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2024) – marijuana dispensary; H-1B; aiding and abetting controlled substance act violation Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, et al., No. 23-583 (U.S. Dec. 10, 2024)revocation of I-130 petition; INA § 204(c); jurisdiction; discretion; may; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii) Matter of Dominguez Reyes, 28 I&N Dec. 878 (BIA 2024)amount of loss; circumstance specific approach; INA § 101(a)(43)(D); certification of criminal documents  Quito-Guachichulca v. Garland, No. 23-1069 (8th Cir. Dec. 9, 2024)aggravated felony rape; INA § 101(a)(43)(A); sexual abuse; digital penetration; statutory interpretation; survey of state case law; res judicataMondzali Bopaka v. Garland, No. 21-1384 (1st Cir. Dec. 13, 2024)adverse credibility; motion to reopen to submit new evidence; I-589 errors and omissions; inconsistencies; ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; Republic of the Congo Lopez-Quinteros v. Garland, No. 23-1890 (1st Cir. Dec. 13, 2024)family based particular social group; business owners; mixed motive; gang extortion; El SalvadorSponsors 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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Escobar Larin v. Garland, No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024)mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador 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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Lamine Kouyate v. Garland, No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024)CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraudSponsors 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"Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Click me!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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