Brian D. Lerner Immigration Attorney & Deportation Lawyer Blog

A new case: Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in denying late-filed motion to reopen removal proceedings where Guatemalan petitioner’s HIV diagnosis was not new information and was only a change in personal circumstances. Adoption of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement–which petitioner argued could affect access to treatment–did not amount to changed country conditions that resurrected petitioner’s late-filed motion where he failed to show that passage of the treaty was material to his claim. Lopez Almaraz v. Holder

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