Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, Oct. 4, 2024 (gift link) "The Biden administration said Friday it would allow the temporary legal permission for migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua...
Singh v. Garland (2-1) "Jaswinder Singh, a citizen and native of India, appeals the Board of Immigration’s (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”...
CGRS, Oct. 1, 2024 "Last night, a federal judge ruled in a case challenging the Biden administration’s policy of turning back asylum seekers who approach ports of entry along the southern...
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Oct. 2, 2024 " FREE WEBINAR Today, Oct. 2 from 3-4pm Eastern, 2-3pm Central, 12-1 Pacific On September 26, a U...
USCIS, Oct. 2, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in our Policy Manual to further clarify the types of evidence that we may evaluate to determine eligibility...
"Upon reconsideration, the AAO concludes that the petitioner has met her burden of demonstrating that she was the victim of substantial abuse. Specifically, our prior decision failed to acknowledge that although the individual acts to which the petitioner was subjected might not constitute substantial abuse on their own, the acts, in the aggregate, meet the substantial abuse standard. The death threats, which resulted in the issuance of two protective orders, the eviction and resultant homelessness and loss of economic support during her pregnancy, the controlling and violent behavior, the forced sex, and the petitioner's diagnosis of depression, taken together, rise to the level of substantial abuse. In addition, the record shows that the criminal court granted the petitioner a year-long order of protection after a hearing on her temporary order, and that she received treatment and counseling for her injuries." - Matter of X-, Apr. 7, 2011 (heavily redacted to try to protect the identity of the victim)