

Immigration Review
Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)
A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Monday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/
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Oct 7, 2024 • 28min
Ep. 232 - Precedential Decisions from 9/30/2024 - 10/6/2024 (EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation)
Nguyen v. Jaddou, No. 23-20597 (5th Cir. Oct. 3, 2024)EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; successor-in-interest; jurisdiction Singh v. Garland, No. 23-95 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2024)credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation; speculation; absence from Department of State report; Mann Party; Sikh; IndiaNext Lawyer Up PodcastEpisode 153 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Kevin Gregg | Bond & Botes Law Offices (bondnbotes.com)https://www.bondnbotes.com/next-lawyer-upSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Sep 30, 2024 • 28min
Ep. 231 - Precedential Decisions from 9/23/2024 - 9/29/2024 (Ukraine; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; generic federal definition of methamphetamine; extradition; State Department & CAT)
Tereshchenko v. Karimi, No. 24-172 (2d Cir. May 16, 2024)Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; Interpol Yellow Notice; waiving affirmative defense; Ukraine United States v. Verdugo, 682 F. Supp. 3d 869 (S.D. Cal. 2023)generic federal definition of methamphetamine; analogs vs. isomers; Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 11379(a) and 11378; United States v. Rodriguez Gamboa Sridej v. Blinken, et al., No. 23-16021 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024)extradition; habeas; State Department official; the rule of non-inquiry; CAT; ThailandSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Sep 23, 2024 • 54min
Ep. 230 - Precedential Decisions from 9/16/2024 - 9/22/2024 (CIMT & retail theft; family, nexus & mixed motive; DHS non-opp to motion to remand; prolonged detention; FARO & aggravated felony obstruction of justice; extraordinary circumstances & reopening)
Matter of Thakker, 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024)Matter of Jurado; temporary taking; Diaz Lizarraga; retail theft; 18 Penn. Con. Stat § 3929(a)(l) Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland, No. 21-4064 (6th Cir. Sept. 20, 2024)family nexus; due process, bias, and exhaustion; ignoring fact affidavits; substantial; gang need not explain reason for targeting; mixed motive; Matter of M-R-M-S-; animus not required; generous BIA standard for mixed-motive cases; Brand-X Badose v. Garland, No. 23-1156 (1st Cir. Sept. 20, 2024)DHS failure to oppose motion to remand for adjustment of status; settled course of adjudication; arbitrary and capricious departure; adverse credibility; improper BIA factfinding on motion to remand Banyee v. Garland, No. 22-2252 (8th Cir. Sept. 17, 2024)mandatory detention; INA § 236(c); prolonged detention; bond hearing; Demore Lopez Orellana v. Garland, No. 23-60248 (5th Cir. Sept. 18, 2024)service of FARO; DHS violations of NOI and FARO procedures; INA § 101(a)(43)(S) obstruction of justice; specific intent; general intent; prejudice; facilitating return of removed noncitizen Singh v. Garland, No. 20-70050 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2024)in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; accepting affidavits; erroneous reliance on attorney; Lozada inapplicableNational immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Supreme Court resourceSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Sep 16, 2024 • 38min
Ep. 229 - Precedential Decisions from 9/9/2024 - 9/15/2024 (failure to report as a child; manner of entry, jurisdiction & Patel; petty theft & CIMT; single scheme; pardons; Skidmore deference; fetus persecution)
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland, No. 21-6293 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024)Honduran women; harm by family as a child; failure to report as a child; unable or unwilling to protect; erroneous reliance on State Department report; failure to consider conflicting evidence Patel v. Garland, No. 23-3461 (6th Cir. Sept. 10, 2024)I-601; adjustment of status; Patel; jurisdiction; judicial bias; manner of entry; erroneous factual finding and legal error Lopez v. Garland, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2024)Reno Municipal Code § 8.10.040 petty theft; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii); Diaz-Lizaragga and CIMT definition; Skidmore deference; availability of pardon; single scheme of criminal conduct; persecution suffered in utero as a fetusClick me to learn more about Family Action Network Movement (FANM)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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Sep 9, 2024 • 25min
Ep. 228 - Precedential Decisions from 9/2/2024 - 9/8/2024 (deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA; crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm)
Matter of R-T-P-, 28 I&N Dec. 828 (BIA 2024)deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA United States v. Perez Garcia, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2024)crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens reaSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Sep 2, 2024 • 56min
Ep. 227 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2024 - 9/1/2024 (reopening standard; attempted child abuse; jurisdiction - Patel, I-601 & I-751; nexus & harm in the U.S.; reasonable fear review; derivative U.S. citizenship)
Mouns v. Garland, No. 22-1368 (4th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; L-O-G-; prima facie standard; Coelho; reasonable likelihood; Yemen Matter of D. Rodriguez, 28 I&N Dec. 815 (BIA 2024)attempt; crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; context; statutory interpretation; Congressional silence; Texas attempt; Tx Pen. Code §§ 15.01(a) and 22.04(a)(1); consideration of police reports in discretionary analysis Momin v. Jaddou, No. 23-20327 (5th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)Patel; incorrect birthdates; adjustment of status; I-601 waiver; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(i)Silva Pazine v. Garland, No. 23-1894 (1st Cir. Aug. 27, 2024)nexus; harm in the U.S.; domestic violence; Brazilian Women particular social group; mixed motive; misogyny in Brazil Dominguez Ojeda v. Garland, No. 23-835 (9th. Cir. Aug. 29, 2024)discretion to consider new evidence during reasonable fear interview review Meza-Carmona v. Garland, No. 20-73293 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2024)physically present; continuous period; U.S. citizenship law in 1968; permissible inference Zia v. Garland, No. 21-1325 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2024)I-751 waiver review; INA §§ 242(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii); adverse credibility; Patel; Wilkinson; jurisdiction Lall v. USCIS, No. 20-2051 (3rd Cir. Aug. 27, 2024)U.S. citizenship revocation; derivative citizenship through adoptive parents; equitable estoppelKKTP's medical malpractice article in the Florida Bar Journal!Neither Goose Nor Gander: Why Tort Reform FailsSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Aug 26, 2024 • 16min
Ep. 226 - Precedential Decisions from 8/19/2024 - 8/25/2024 (asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence)
Aben v. Garland, No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024)Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; CameroonSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Aug 19, 2024 • 50min
Ep. 225 - Precedential Decisions from 8/12/2024 - 8/18/2024 (vacated criminal conviction & reopening; murder; voluntary departure; temporary BIA members; nexus; police reports & discretion)
Bent v. Garland, No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance United States v. Manzano, No. 23-6073 (10th Cir. Aug. 13, 2024)generic definition of murder; Oklahoma second degree murder in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.8; killing in commission of a non-dangerous felony Bernardo-De La Cruz v. Garland, No. 21-1621 (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)voluntary departure; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.26(i); temporary BIA member; Appointment’s Clause; not considering relocation hardship when children will remain for non-LPR cancellation; legal error and “completely ignored” evidence Penafiel-Peralta v. Garland, No. 23-1959 (1st Cir. Aug. 12, 2024)mixed motive; nexus; land dispute; family membership; Ecuador Lemus-Aguilar v. Garland, No. 23-1799 (1st Cir. Aug. 12, 2024)nexus; single, Salvadoran mothers with no familial protection; criminal gang activity; El Salvador Charles v. Garland, No. 23-1857 (1st Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)review of the BIA’s denial of sua sponte reopening; failure to consider medical evidence; unpublished BIA decisions Rosa v. Garland, No. 22-1523 (1st Cir. Aug. 16, 2024)adjustment of status; uncorroborated police reports; failure to follow BIA precedent; uncorroborated police reports to deny discretionary relief; Matter of Arreguin; Matter of Thomas; Fifth Amendment right not to testify when criminal charges pendingSponsors 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant 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

Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 6min
Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility)
Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9)Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel United States v. Munoz, No. 22-11574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)denaturalization; clearly erroneous; collateral estoppel; judicial estoppel; date of conspiracy and other criminal indictments; necessary for conviction Joshi v. Garland, No. 23-1236 (4th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)involuntary mental health confinement as persecution; prosecution as persecution; parens patriae; electroconvulsive therapy Garcia Cortes v. Garland, No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; review of whether IJ considered all evidence; rejecting expert therapist opinion and predictive findings Bustos-Millan v. Garland, No. 21-2889 (7th Cir. Aug. 6, 2024)attorney unpreparedness; ineffective assistance of counsel; continuance; due process Lafortune v. Garland, No. 23-1617 (1st Cir. Aug. 5, 2024)particularly serious crime; N-A-M- two-step analysis; elements based approach not required; conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; CAT claims and Haiti Gonzalez-Arevalo v. Garland, No. 23-1341 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)nexus; gang retribution against family; relying on speculative noncitizen testimony; mixed motive; Guatemala De Oliveira Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-2081 (1st Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)adverse credibility; omissions from credible fear interview; omissions from written affidavit; failure to corroborate; inconsistencies Tista-Ruiz de Ajualip v. Garland, No. 23-3274 (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2024)IJ and BIA independent duty to review the record for viable PSG and anti-circularity; Matter of A-B-; domestic violence; Matter of W-Y-C-& H-O-B-; unable or unwilling; 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEImmigration Lawyer's Toolboxhttps://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-reviewWant to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATIONEmail: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewFeatured in San Diego VoyagerDISCLAIMER & CREDITSSee Eps. 1-200Support the show

Aug 5, 2024 • 45min
Ep. 223 - Precedential Decisions from 7/29/2024 - 8/4/2024 (challenging DHS regulations; material support of terrorism & due process; naturalization delay; particularly serious crime; mental health issues; past persecution & Mann party)
Save Jobs USA v. DHS, No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)challenging DHS regulations; Washtech; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis Jani v. Garland, No. 22-1397 (1st Cir. July 30, 2024)material support of terrorism bar to asylum; fundamental fairness and due process; indiscernible transcript Jemaah Islamiya; appeal of only derivative grant but not lead grant; Chinese ethnicity; Indonesia Dubon v. Jaddau, No. 22-2280 (4th Cir. July 29, 2024)INA § 336(b); naturalization delay; remand to the agency; interlocutory appeal G. C. v. Garland, No. 21-1228 (9th Cir. July 30, 2024)particularly serious crime; consideration of mental health issues; felony assault in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(4); torture in the U.S.; fear of parent; Los Zetas; Mexico Kumar v. Garland, No. 23-308 (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2024)past persecution standard in the Ninth Circuit; no serious physical harm required; Mann party claims and Punjab; BJP; Sikh; India 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.Docketwise"Modern immigration software & case management"Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Promo Code: stafi2024Get Started! Promo Code: FREEWant 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