VELAZQUEZ V. GARLAND DECISION BELOW: 88 F.4th 1301 (CA10) CERT. GRANTED 7/2/2024 QUESTION PRESENTED: Federal immigration law allows the government to grant a "voluntary departure" period...
Gutierrez v. Garland "Sergio Manrique Gutierrez petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an order of removal by an Immigration...
BIA, June 28, 2024 "The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing the below issue(s): ISSUE(S) PRESENTED: What is the scope of...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/03/2024 "MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE [and] THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Extending Eligibility...
DOL, July 2, 2024 "The Employment and Training Administration published an FRN on June 24, 2024 updating the AEWRs under the H-2A temporary agricultural employment program that apply to a limited...
Cazahuatl Torres v. Garland (unpub.)
"Because the agency “ignor[ed] a significant aspect of [Cazahuatl Torres’s] testimony . . . we are unable adequately to consider whether substantial evidence” in this case supports the BIA’s determination that Cazahuatl Torres failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution. ... Accordingly, we remand to the agency to consider this testimony in the first instance. On remand, the BIA may also consider whether Cazahuatl Torres has established membership in a particular social group or established that the government would be unwilling or unable to protect him for purposes of his withholding of removal claim, or whether Cazahuatl Torres has demonstrated government acquiescence as to his CAT claim. For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is GRANTED, the BIA’s decision is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this order."
[Hats off to David A. Hoffman, W. Logan Lewis and Juan Cristobal Quevedo!]