Immigration Review Ep. 168 - Precedential Decisions from 7/10/2023 - 7/16/2023 (nexus & religion; pro se asylum; family PSG; deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; Salvadoran businessmen; PFR & withholding only; motion to reopen; agg fel theft; ineffective assistance)
Chicas-Machado v. Garland, No. 21-1381 (4th Cir. July 13, 2023)
- nexus; religion; evangelical Christian; OIL concession re: unable or unwilling to control MS-13; El Salvador
Trejo Tepas v. Garland, No. 22-1049 (4th Cir. July 10, 2023)
- pro se asylum; Quintero; claims processing and exhaustion; unaccompanied minor; Santos-Zacaria; gang violence; El Salvador
Santos Garcia v. Garland, No. 22-1463 (4th Cir. July 11, 2023)
- family based particular social group; gender; beyond nuclear family; Mara 18; Rodriguez-Arias v. Whitaker and J-F-F-; causal chain; El Salvador
Lazo-Gavidia v. Garland, No. 20-2306 (4th Cir. July 12, 2023)
- deficient NTA in absentia motion to reopen; INA § 239(a); failure to update address; presumption of delivery; issue exhaustion
Sanchez v. Garland, No. 22-1815 (1st Cir. July 14, 2023)
- nexus; particular social group; wealthy Salvadoran businessmen; family; extortion
Argueta-Hernandez v. Garland, No. 22-60307 (5th Cir. July 10, 2023)
- untimely petition for review; withholding; final order; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Nasrallah
Arroyo-Sosa v. Garland, No. 22-1334 (8th Cir. July 13, 2023)
- motion to reopen; reconsider; Coelho vs L-O-G-; asylum
Thok v. Garland, No. 22-2508 (8th Cir. July 13, 2023)
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-511.01; shoplifting; aggravated felony theft; § 101(a)(43)(G); appropriate; deprive; mens rea
Paucar v. Garland, No. 21-6043 (2d Cir. July 12, 2023)
- ineffective assistance of counsel; Patel; prejudice; prima facie; reasonable probability; presumption that children will join parents; U visa; Sanchez Sosa; remand; Coelho
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