BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
OFLC, Aug. 15, 2024 "The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released a comprehensive set of public disclosure data (through the third quarter of fiscal year 2024) drawn from employer...
Bent v. Garland (2-1) "This is a rare case: both the government and Petitioner Claude Bent seek remand so that the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) can reassess its decision denying...
NJIC, Aug. 12, 2024 "A federal court in the Southern District of Indiana has ruled for the second time that individuals who suffered flooded cells and poor sanitation at the Clay County Jail can...
AIJustice.org "Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice – formerly FIAC), a not-for-profit law firm founded in 1996 to protect and promote the basic human rights of immigrants, has a multicultural...
Cristobal Antonio v. Garland
"Rebeca Cristobal Antonio, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) streamlined affirmance of the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Antonio was verbally and physically harassed and received death threats because her community in Guatemala perceived her to be a lesbian, including because she wore men’s clothing to work. In her petition for review, Antonio challenges the IJ’s findings that: (1) this treatment did not amount to persecution, (2) the relevant social group for asylum purposes is based on “manner of dress,” and (3) no persecution was committed by the Guatemalan government or by forces that the government was unwilling or unable to control. The first finding is not supported by substantial evidence in the record. The second finding suffers from several errors discussed below. And in making the third finding, the agency did not consider all highly probative evidence in the record. We therefore grant the petition and remand for further proceedings."
[Hats off to Marco A. Jimenez!]