Immigration Review

Caselaw HousekeepingSouth Carolina domestic violence (4th Cir.); Afghan and Iraqi Allies, et al. v. Blinken, et al (D.C. Cir.); Jajati v. CBP (9th Cir.) Smith v. Garland, No. 22-954 (9th Cir. June 3, 2024)authentication of domestic records; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6; exhaustion; government failure to raise argument; CAT protection; Guyana Smith v. Garland, et. al, No. 23-2874 (7th Cir. June 3, 2024)arbitrary and capricious; motion to dismiss; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(16)(i) and (ii); summary of adverse evidence; marriage fraud; procedural due process; substantive due process Soni v. Jaddou, No. 23-3220 (7th Cir. June 6, 2024)I-601A waivers; delay; mandamus; action; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) A.P.A. v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-10496 (11th Cir. June 6, 2024)one year asylum filing deadline; prior precedent rule; “satisfaction of the Attorney General” language in INA; mixed question of law and fact; transgender women; pattern or practice of persecution; Mexico 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"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

Huynh v. Garland, No. 23-1318 (8th Cir. May 28, 2024)sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; possession of child pornography; INA § 101(A)(43)(a); Iowa Code § 728.12(3); INA § 101(a)(43)(L); CIMT; realistic provability and case exemplars Lopez-Sorto v. Garland, No. 21-2107 (4th Cir. May 31, 2024)CAT protection; mootness and physical removal; ICE’s Facilitation of Return Policy; reverting back to LPR status; Rodriguez-Arias; J-F-F-; aggregating torture; El Salvador; expert testimony Stankiewicz v. Garland, No. 21-6265 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)relating to controlled substance; closes match for generic offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); Matter of Rosa; distributing a controlled substance on or near school property, in violation of N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-7; 21 U.S.C. § 841; 21 U.S.C. § 860; double jeopardy and different sentences don’t necessarily mean divisibility; Mathis peak last resort; jury instructions with fill in the blank for drug Black v. Decker, No. 20-3224 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)mandatory detention; INA § 236(c); Mathews Test; government interest; ability to pay and alternative means; bond hearing; Jennings; prolonged detentionSponsors 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"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389 (U.S. May 23, 2024)sentence enhancement; ACCA; Pennsylvania marijuana; Florida cocaine; categorical approach point of comparison Matter of M-N-I-, 28 I&N Dec. 803 (BIA 2024)choice of law; change of venue; Matter of Garcia; administrative control court; notice of hearing Tulung v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (1st Cir. May 21, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; Chinese Christian; Indonesia; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; new evidenceDurakovic v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (8th Cir. May 20, 2024)Bosnian Muslims; religion and nexus; police information; one central reason vs. a reason; asylum and withholding nexus standard Leger v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-10971 (11th Cir. May 20, 2024)sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(A); Said and marijuana; prior precedent rule; Fla. Stat. § 800.04(4); age differential; statutory rape; generic definition and statutory construction; deficient NTA; claims processing rule argument misconstrued by BIA as jurisdictionSponsors 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"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

Sorto-Vasquez Kidd, et al. v. Mayorkas, et al., (C.D. Cal. May 15, 2024)knock and arrest; knock and talk; curtilage; Fourth Amendment; injunctive relief; vacating ICE policy and practice; Aleman Gonzalez; INA § 242(f) Matter of Furtado, 28 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2024)Hague Act Adoption and I-130; exceptions; internal USCIS policy; Central Authority letter; habitual residence Djokro v. Garland, No. 23-1712 (1st Cir. May 17, 2024)changed country condition motion to reopen; Sihotang v. Sessions; Chinese Christian; Indonesia Marquez Cruz v. Garland, No. 23-1676 (4th Cir. May 14, 2024)crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; attempted second degree child sexual abuse under D.C. Code §§ 22-3009 and 22-3018; attempt crimes and INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i)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"Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

Suate-Orellana v. Garland, No. 19-72446 (9th Cir. May 7, 2024) deficient NTA; reinstatement; exhaustion; claims processing rule; INA § 241(a)(5) not jurisdictional; Santos-Zacaria and clearly irreconcilable precedentGalvez-Vicencio v. Garland, No. 23-3018 (8th Cir. May 6, 2024) reasonable fear review; family based particular social group; fear of cartels; retribution; MexicoSponsors 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"Driftwood Capital"A vertically integrated powerhouse in commercial real estate, developing hospitalityprojects for families seeking a secure EB-5 residency path."Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

Sanchez-Perez v. Garland, No. 23-3004 (6th Cir. Apr. 30, 2024)misdemeanor domestic assault under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-111; crime of domestic violence; physical force; mental harms; bodily injury; United Staes v. Castleman Saleh v. Garland, No. 22-3036 (6th Cir. May 2, 2024)expert witness; attorney concessions; holistic approach to aggregate CAT analysis; Iraq Loredo Rangel v. Garland, No. 23-60089 (5th Cir. May 1, 2024)past persecution; non-physical harm; extreme harm; Mexican Navy Donis-Hernandez de Cabrera v. Garland, No. 23-1266 (1st Cir. May 2, 2024)Mara 18; extortion; death threats; small business owners; immutability; social distinction; state department reports; Guatemala  Rosas-Martinez v. Garland, No. 22-2474 (8th Cir. May 3, 2024)CAT deferral; Sinaloa Cartel; Mexican government acquiescence; BIA overturning IJ; J‑F-F-; relocation; discrepancy with unpublished BIA decisions  Cuenca Figueredo v. Carmen Rojas, No. 23-12566 (11th Cir. May 1, 2024)Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; child settled in U.S.; immigration status; Venezuela 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"Driftwood Capital"A vertically integrated powerhouse in commercial real estate, developing hospitalityprojects for families seeking a secure EB-5 residency path."Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

In this podcast, they discuss legal cases involving FTCA claims and cancellation of removal. They also highlight investment opportunities for residency and age-out rules in immigration law. The episode delves into the complexities of age freezing and challenges faced by individuals with past convictions.

Explore significant immigration cases from the week, covering topics like I-130 petitions, sham marriages, overcoming INA § 204(c), extreme and unusual hardship claims, gender-based asylum claims, and more. Dive into the challenges of proving marriage authenticity in I-130 petition denials due to past sham marriages. Navigate legal battles in cases of marriage fraud, USCIS scrutiny, and Mr. Romero Martinez's appeals for cancellation of removal. Learn about court decisions on motion to reopen reviews, introduction to immigration case management platforms, and legal hurdles in asylum cases for individuals from Honduras.

 Abdulahad v. Garland, No. 22-3743 (6th Cir. Apr. 11, 2024) CAT deferral; aggregate forms of torture; changed country condition motion to reopen; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; individualized risk; American characteristics; Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF); Chaldean Christian; Iraq  Cheejati, et al. v. Blinken, et al., No. 23-40398 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2024) injunction; visa bulletin; India; TRO; jurisdiction and review; INA § 245(b); jurisdiction; Patel discretion; retrogression  Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Aug. 11, 2023) denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla 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"Driftwood Capital"A vertically integrated powerhouse in commercial real estate, developing hospitalityprojects for families seeking a secure EB-5 residency path."Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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

United States v. Hansen, No. 17-10548 (9th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)common law specific intent mens rea; solicitation definition; 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and 1324(a)(1)(B)(i); encouraging violation of immigration law Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024) (amended)8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency and untimely evidence Ortega v. Garland, No. 21-3253 (7th Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)unable or unwilling to protect; police investigations; cartel threats; Mexico Shaiban v. Jaddou, et al., No. 21-2010 (4th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)collateral estoppel; Patel; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); jurisdiction; INA § 209(b) adjustment; discretion; terrorismSponsors 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"Driftwood Capital"A vertically integrated powerhouse in commercial real estate, developing hospitalityprojects for families seeking a secure EB-5 residency path."Filevine"Your Complete Legal Tech Stack, Supercharged by AI"Promo: Immigration.AI/ImmigrationReview 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