USCIS, Sept. 25, 2024 "Policy Highlights • Clarifies that USCIS calculates the CSPA age of an applicant who established extraordinary circumstances and is excused from the sought to acquire...
NILA, Sept. 25, 2024 "Increasingly, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigration agencies are challenging venue in U.S. district court lawsuits brought by noncitizens...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/26/2024 "Eligible citizens, nationals, and passport holders from designated Visa Waiver Program countries may apply for admission...
Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland "Beky Izamar Mazariegos-Rodas and Engly Yeraicy Mazariegos-Rodas (collectively, the Petitioners) are two sisters who are natives and citizens of Guatemala. The Petitioners...
Cyrus Mehta, Sept. 23, 2024 "When the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) designated Matter of Z-A- Inc . as an “Adopted Decision” in 2016 it was seen as a breakthrough as it recognized...
"[R]egardless of how many district courts have followed or rejected the BIA’s decision in Matter of Rojas, those decisions are not binding on this Court and the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the mandatory detention provision in § 1226(c) does not apply to Petitioner. The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that § 1226(c) is not ambiguous and the word “when” in the context of release from custody means immediately upon release. ... Petitioner’s Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Immediate Release From Custody (Doc. 1) is GRANTED and Petitioner should be provided an individualized bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 21 days of entry of this Order; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Petitioner is not given a hearing within that time period, Petitioner be released pending issuance of a removal order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that a final judgment be entered concurrently with this order." - Valdez v. Terry, D. N.M., Apr. 18, 2012.
Hats off to attorney Olsi Vrapi!