Campos-Chavez v. Garland No. 22–674, 54 F. 4th 314, affirmed; No. 22–884, 24 F. 4th 1315, reversed (Mendez- Colín) and vacated and remanded (Singh). ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, KAVANAUGH...
Hats off to Ana Maria Portela (Arocha) for scoring this victory on June 5, 2024!
Leger v. U.S. Atty. Gen. "In this case, we must decide whether a Florida conviction for lewd and lascivious battery under the 2008 version of Fla. Stat. § 800.04(4)—an offense which the Florida Supreme Court has characterized as statutory rape—constitutes...
Suate-Orellana v. Garland "Although the IJ and BIA addressed her argument that her NTA was deficient on the merits, the legal landscape has changed significantly since the BIA’s decision dismissing her appeal. See, e.g., Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593...
The winning attorney in Matter of Aguilar Hernandez , Bashir Ghazialam, provides this commentary: " As immigration lawyers, we need to be ready for and are expected to turn square corners in every step and stage of our cases. We need to be ready to readily...
Matter of Aguilar Hernandez, 28 I&N Dec. 774 (BIA 2024) - The Department of Homeland Security cannot remedy a notice to appear that lacks the date and time of the initial hearing before the Immigration Judge by filing a Form I-261 because this remedy is contrary...
TRAC, Oct. 11, 2023 "In July 2023, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports of entry across the United States issued a record number of Notices to Appear—44,900 in total—to immigrants who were found inadmissible under U.S. law. Noncitizens...