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...
Fofana v. Mayorkas
"Nearly sixteen years after Plaintiff Abrahim Mohamed Fofana applied for adjustment of status, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denied his petition. But even with that much time to review Fofana’s materials, USCIS reached an untenably flawed decision. It misinterpreted the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). And it failed to consider critical aspects of the United Liberation Movement for Democracy’s (“ULIMO”) status as a Tier III terrorist organization and Fofana’s knowledge thereof. Because USCIS’s decision was arbitrary and capricious, the Court will grant summary judgment for Fofana and vacate and remand for further administrative proceedings. USCIS protests that the Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to take such action. But because the Court reviews only USCIS’s non-discretionary predicate decisions, 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) does not strip the Court’s jurisdiction."
[Hats way off to David Wilson and Cameron Giebink!]