On Sept. 27, 2024 federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs in two cases, L.A.A.M. v. Zuchowski and C.M.Z. v. Zuchowski . Hats off to superlitigator Jesse Bless !
NILA, Sept. 26, 2024 "Today, a U.S. district court approved the settlement agreement in Garcia Perez v. USCIS , a nationwide class action regarding USCIS and EOIR policies preventing asylum seekers...
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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...
"IRAC is pleased to release an updated version of its Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals, which now contains links to decisions issued through October 8, 2014. The Index is organized by subject matter and contains links to helpful rulings selected from an ongoing review of more than 8,500 unpublished BIA decisions.
Among other newly added rulings, the updated version of the Index now contains links to recent decisions stating:
• Third degree burglary under Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann 53a-103 is not an aggravated felony “burglary offense”
• Respondents seeking derivative citizenship under former INA 321(a) need not submit court-issued documentation establishing their parents legal separation
• Change of venue is appropriate if a respondent and his or her witnesses live in another jurisdiction
• A respondents who was a flight risk merited a $5,000 bond
• Allegations in an order of restitution cannot be considered under the modified categorical approach
To purchase the Index, click here to log in or sign up for a free account on Scribd.com, and then click here to enter your credit card information. Customers who forward their purchase confirmation to bwinograd@irac.net will receive monthly emails containing links to all new decisions added since the last update.
Individuals who have purchased the 2014 edition of Index may download the updated version for no additional charge.
If you have questions or comments about the Index, or an unpublished BIA decision that you would like to share, please email author Ben Winograd." - IRAC, Oct. 2014.