Immigration Review

Ozurumba v. Bondi, No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025)material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025)family based particular social group; L-E-A-; rulemaking; social distinction Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025)domestic violence; gender; particular social group; unable or unwilling to protect; A-B-; rulemaking  Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation  Matter of Dobrotvorskii, 29 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 2025).bond; flight risk; sponsor; DHS bond burden not really a burden McDougall v. Bondi, No. 231722 (4th Cir. Sept. 5, 2025)CAT; ignoring evidence; ignoring claim in cumulative analysis’ mental health; race; physical disability; GuyanaSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/events Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or reconsider; five-year lawsuit deadline Matter of J-A-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 195 (BIA 2025)continuance of individual hearing; new forms of relief; prima facie eligibility; dilatory tactics; diligence Lopez Cano v. Bondi, No. 22-1941 (1st Cir. Aug. 28, 2025)cancellation; economic hardship; anxiety; nexus Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi, No. 23-1412 (1st Cir. Aug. 29, 2025)hardship; allergies; “evaluated all evidence of record”; boilerplate language Abdulla v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1167 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)derivative citizenship; Loper Bright; untimely BIA appeal and self-certification; exhaustion; definition of the term “when”; prior panel rule Ibarra-Perez v. United States, No. 24-631 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)FTCA; jurisdiction; illegal third-country removal; INA § 242(g) Lopez v. Bondi, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2025) (denial of en banc rehearing)Loper Bright; star decisis; CIMT definition; invalidating prior precedentSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notes DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Moncada v. Rubio, No. 23-55803 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2025)birthright citizenship; diplomatic immunity; consul; attaché; Blue List; Department of State certificate of immunity; Wong Kim ArkMatter of Buri Mora, 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025)extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism in qualifying relative; qualifying relative ability to obtain state benefits and Medicaid Matter of O-Y-A-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 190 (BIA 2025)CAT; counterintelligence officer; EU sanction; IJ factual error; Venezuela  Matter of G-C-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)credibility; continuances; corroboration; implausibility; generalized country conditions; GeorgiaSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Guandique-De Romero v. Bondi, No. 24-1154 (4th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)ineffective assistance; competence; fundamentally fair; wealth-based PSGs; women; family; reopening; prejudice Rivas de Nolasco v. Bondi, No. 22-1176 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)women; Riley & PFR mid-proceedings; nexus; children & gangs Alvarez Ronquillo v. Bondi, No. 24-1324 (4th Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)firearms trafficking; 101(a)(43)(C) aggravated felony; 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A); consideration Matter of Salas Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2025)bond; dangerousness; police reports; cocaine trafficking Hernandez Flores v. Bondi, No. 23-6714 (2d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)ineffective assistance; failure to advise of qualifying relative; marriage in proceedings; continuance; PatelRomero-Lozano v. Garland, No. 23-60638 (5th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025)withholding only; reinstatement; Riley; reinstate mandate Montiel Rubio v. Bondi, No. 24-60392 (5th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)collectivos; persecution; getting shot; death threats; gassed; Venezuela Suchite-Salguero v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1970 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)new & previous unavailable before IJ; former hearing; Kisor; harmless error; Chenery; baby during appeal Roman Sanchez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 242-279 (3d Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)GMC; barring testimony; Castillo-Perez presumption; DUI Rivas-Jarquin v. Bondi, No. 24-2386 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2025)pattern or practice; medical professionals; opposition to Sandinistas; Nicaragua Santos Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-2796 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)cancellation; psychological hardship to children; financial hardship; Wilkinson Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-3281 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)commune violence; unable or unwilling; relocation; HondurasSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources  Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

All about Ira Kurzban, KKTP, and Immigrants' List:Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/ Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Get involved with Immigrants' List: https://www.immigrantslist.org/Order Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: https://www.aila.org/shop/products/view/kurzbans-immigration-law-sourcebookSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources  Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Hernandez Guardado v. Bondi, No. 23-92286 (4th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025) particular social group; women; anti-circularity not determinative; El Salvador  Matter of Akhmedov, 29 I&N Dec. 166 (BIA 2025) bond; flight risk; failure to timely file change of address EOIR-33 Matter of Garcia Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 169 (BIA 2025) filing fees; fee waiver; presumptions Garcia Pinach v. Bondi, No. 22-6421 (2d Cir. Aug. 4, 2025) misdemeanor sexual contact with a minor; NYPL § 130.60(2); aggravated felony; Loper Bright & star decisis; standard of review for equitable tolling Wassily v. Bondi; Velasquez Arreaga v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6247_23-6289 (2d Cir. Aug. 7, 2025) adjustment of status for asylees; INA § 209; T-C-A-; statutory interpretation; definition of granted & status; termination of asylum status Fiddler v. Bondi, No. 24-2604 (7th Cir. Aug. 7, 2025) CAT purpose; specific intent to torture; mental health; police shootings; Jamaica Cortez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025)  failure to sign certificate of service; ECAS; BIA rules; form instructions Chavez-Govea v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025) IJ asylum filing deadline; continuance; diligence; abuse of discretion; due process; motion to remand Lopez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 23-10105 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2025) substantial evidence and arbitrary and capricious standards of review; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; overview of standards of review; ADHD, denial of schooling, and whether medications are reasonably available Click me for psych survey!Sponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources  Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Matter of Felix-Figueroa, 29 I&N Dec. 157 (BIA 2025)isomers; possession of methamphetamine; realistic probability test; burdens Rivera Samayoa v. Bondi, No. 24-1432 (1st Cir. July 28, 2025)cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed questions of law and fact; discretionary relief; cumulative hardship analysis Real v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 24-1545 (3d Cir. July 30, 2025)due process; extraordinary circumstances; one-year asylum deadline; jurisdiction; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); INA § 203(a)(3) Navarro v. Bondi, No. 24-1253 (4th Cir. July 31, 2025)MS-13; CAT protection; credibility; omissions; expert evidence; more likely than not; issue exhaustion.   Sanchez-Banos v. Bondi, No. 24-2241 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025) administrative closure; Avetisyan factors; failure to submit hardship evidenceSponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!get.eimmigration.com/resources  Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Da Silva Borges v. Bondi, No. 24-1695 (1st Cir. July 18, 2025) ·       DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard; Rosa Perez Cruz v. Bondi, No. 24-2865 (9th Cir. July 21, 2025) ·       CAT protection; Gulf Cartel; cooperation with U.S. government; presumption of regularity; considering entire record; audio issues; due process; prejudice; Mexico Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9598 (10th Cir. July 22, 2025) ·       mental health; competency; hunger strike; continuance Cano-Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 24-1616 (1st Cir. July 24, 2025) ·       asylum; CAT protection; nexus; particular social group; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; waiver of issuesGomez-Gabriel v. U.S. Atty Gen., No. 24-2559 (3d Cir. July 24, 2025) ·       Summary affirmance; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4); issue exhaustion; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); nexus; gang violence; indigenous  Cabello Garcia v. USCIS, No. 23-35267 (9th Cir. July 22, 2025) ·       8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); U visa adjustment of status; 8 U.S.C. § 1255(m); medical exam; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; adjustment of status; Administrative Procedure Act; due process; Patel v. Garland Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.  Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too! Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me! Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Qatanani v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1849 (3d Cir. July 15, 2025) BIA self-certification; separation of powers; rescission; grant of LPR status;  Kisor deference; constitutional violation & discretionary adjustment of status; due process Matter of C-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 141 (BIA 2025) DHS meeting bond burden; danger; flight risk; withholding-only; unlawful reentries   Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 145 (BIA 2025) particularity; sex; nationality; women viewed as property; societal views   Mejia-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 23-1508 (7th Cir. July 17, 2025) family-based nexus; revenge; unable or unwilling; well-founded fear; threats rising to the level of past-persecution; murder of family members; untimely assertion of deficient NTA claims processing rule; Honduras Singh v. Bondi, No 24-1602 (7th Cir. July 18, 2025) reissuing BIA decisions to petition for review; ineffective assistance of counsel; Lozada   Goncalves Leao v. Bondi, No. 24-1239 (1st Cir. July 14, 2025) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; child with drug issues; Monreal; absence of medical expert  Alay v. Bondi, No. 24-1299 (1st Cir. July 16, 2025) hardship review; children knowing mother is in dangerous situation; individualized analysis; Guatemala Sponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Matter of E-Z-, 29 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2025). CAT protection; returnees from the United States; anti Ukraine war political opinion; detention in Russia  Matter of Gonzalez Jimenez, 29 I&N Dec. 129 (BIA 2025) discretion; adverse factors; DUI; false tax information; false social security number; relying on advice of professionals  Matter of S-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 2025) CAT protection; prison conditions in Haiti; anecdotal torture; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture  Castejon-Paz and Cerrato-Barahona v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6024, 22-6349 (2d Cir. July 8, 2025) withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; reinstatement; final order of removal; no-reasonable fear challenge; Riley  Garcia-Pascual v. Bondi, No. 20-2529 (8th Cir. July 7, 2025) economic hardship; difficulty of child visiting father abroad; non-LPR cancellation of removal  Sponsors and friends of the podcast!Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.Cerenade"Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"Demo Link!Click me too!Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: STAFI2025Click me!Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show