EOIR is posting this ad for "many vacancies" in unspecified locations. Open & closing dates: 08/30/2024 to 09/13/2024 Salary: $156,924 - $204,000 per year
State Department, Aug. 27, 2024 - Annual Limit Reached in the EB-1 Category State Department, Aug. 29, 2024 - Annual Limit Reached in the EB-4 Category
David L. Cleveland, Aug. 29, 2024 "In response to a FOIA request and lawsuit by the Louise Trauma Center, USCIS released 70 pages of Ecuador country conditions, given to asylum officers. This article...
Dominguez Ojeda v. Garland "The only question before us is whether the IJ committed legal error by failing to exercise discretion and, instead, automatically refusing to consider Dominguez Ojeda’s...
OFLC, Aug. 28, 2024 " The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces Delay in Transition Schedule for Implementing the H-2A Application and Job Order Associated...
Garcia Cabrera v. Garland
"This petition arises out of an immigration judge’s (IJ) refusal (affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)) to continue the deportation proceedings of a movant that the IJ himself recognized was likely to obtain a U visa from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). For the reasons that follow, we hold that the BIA and IJ abused their discretion in denying the motion for a continuance, vacate the BIA’s order, and remand the case to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this opinion."
[Hats off to Melody Busey and Mark Devine! Here is a link to the audio recording of the oral argument.]