Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Seventh Circuit granted the petition for review and remanded, finding that the record compelled a finding that the torture and persecution that the petitioner had suffered in the past at the hands of a Mexican drug cartel and feared in the future were and would be because of his membership in the particular social group of his wife’s family, and thus that he had demonstrated statutory eligibility for asylum in the United States.
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Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The American Bar Association (ABA) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging him to reconsider his decision in Matter of M‑S‑, stating that it “will result in an increase in length and unnecessary detention of vulnerable asylum seekers at significant cost to the government.”
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Intercept reports on the Trump administration’s efforts to denaturalize Parvez Manzoor Khan, a 60-year-old truck driver and grandfather of three who’s been a citizen without incident since 2006 for failing to disclose a past deportation order of which he was unaware.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Eighth Circuit upheld the BIA’s denial of asylum to the petitioner, finding that a reasonable adjudicator would not be compelled to find that the Guatemalan government was and would be unwilling or unable to protect the petitioner against her daughter’s abusive father.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Ten members of the House of Representatives who represent congressional districts in Texas sent a letter to USCIS expressing concern regarding the processing delays impacting applications for green cards, naturalization, and advance parole filed by Houston constituents, emphasizing that they impose a “burden on those who live and work in our community and want nothing more than to follow the law.” Additionally, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus requested a meeting with USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna to discuss similar concerns.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register extending the designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from May 3, 2019, through November 2, 2020. The re registration period runs from today, April 5, 2019, through June 4, 2019.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In Padilla v. ICE, the court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the government to provide certain detained asylum seekers with a bond hearing within seven days of a bond hearing request and to release those individuals whose detention time exceeds that limit.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Vox reports on the order issued yesterday by a federal judge in California enjoining the Trump administration from continuing to implement or expand the Migrant Protection Protocols, commonly known as the Remain in Mexico policy. Since late January, the policy has resulted in more than 600 asylum seekers being sent back to Mexico.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Buzzfeed News reports that USCIS officials plan to propose a regulation that would double the time individuals who apply for asylum must wait before qualifying for a work permit, from 180 to 365 days. The proposal, which is not yet finalized, would apply to both affirmative asylum seekers who apply while already in the United States and to those who apply for asylum after crossing the border and being referred to immigration court.
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Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Eighth Circuit remanded for the BIA to explain why it denied the petitioner’s motion to reopen and reconsider after the petitioner had provided proof of his filing of a U visa application, when Matter of Sanchez-Sosa suggests that a completed application weighs in favor of pausing the removal process to await adjudication of the U visa.
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