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...
"The family unit would be destroyed. They would be left in the United States in the care of a divorced uncle, and the parents would return to Mexico. Sari would have to abandon her dreams of college and a law enforcement career. She would have to seek a minimum wage job to support herself and her young sister. She would essentially become the single surrogate mother of her little sister. It is terrible to squash a young girl's dreams and ambitions. It is terrible to separate a close, loving family. The Court notes that Matter of Monreal, supra, recognized family separation/unity as an important factor in determining the hardship issue resolved in cancellation of removal. In this case, the Court finds that the hardship to the two daughters, especially Sari, rises to the level of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. There are no particularly adverse discretionary factors. The Court will, as a matter of discretion, grant the requested relief." - Matter of Najera Soto, A095-445-305, Oct. 23, 2013. [Hats off to Mac Nayeri!]