Posted on September 26, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Ninth Circuit held that the REAL ID Act permits the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Immigration Judges (IJs) to base their adverse credibility determinations exclusively on background evidence in the record, upon consideration of the totality of the circumstances and all relevant factors. As such, the court upheld the BIA’s denial of the petitioner’s asylum claims, finding that the BIA and the IJ’s adverse credibility determination, which was based solely on a report from Amnesty International, was supported by substantial evidence
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Posted on September 26, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS released an updated Affirmative Asylum Scheduling Bulletin as of September 11, 2015. This Bulletin explains how the Asylum Division has prioritized the adjudication of affirmative applications for asylum and provides the filing dates (month and year) of most asylum applications scheduled for local interviews during that particular month.
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Posted on August 24, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In a precedent decision issued today, the BIA held that where an applicant filed an asylum application before the May 11, 2005, effective date of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and, on or after that date, submitted a subsequent application that is properly viewed as a new application, the later filing date controls for purposes of determining the applicability of INA §208(b)(1)(B)(iii) to credibility determinations. The BIA further held that a subsequent asylum application is properly viewed as a new application if it presents a previously unraised basis for relief, or is predicated on a new or substantially different factual basis.
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Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of the petition for review, finding that INA §241(a)(5)’s plain language, relevant regulations, and analogous case law compel the conclusion that immigrants whose removal orders are reinstated following illegal re-entry into the United States may not apply for asylum.
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Posted on June 8, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Matter of A-R-C-G- is a great BIA case that shows that women who are victims of domestic violence outside the U.S. have a chance to escape their persecution by coming to the U.S. and applying for asylum based on persecution of a particular social group.
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Posted on June 2, 2015 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Client’s asylum application was approved based on threats and violence in Rwanda based on his family’s ethnicity and political opinion.
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Posted on February 28, 2014 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Court has held that the statute is not ambiguous and that its plain wording does not require a noncitizen to maintain his asylum status to apply for adjustment of status under INA §209(b), and vacated the BIA’s decision ordering removal.
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Posted on March 11, 2013 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Motion to Reopen granted. Client received asylum over 10 years ago, but left U.S. prior to adjusting status. Returned on Visitor Visa and removal proceedings were instituted. Client received deportation order in absentia. Afraid to go back to home country. MTR granted giving an opportunity to fight case and reinstate and/or reapply for Asylum.
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Posted on February 5, 2013 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In absentia MTR granted by IJ Fong. NTA was sent to Client’s address listed on his I-589 more than 4 years after he applied for asylum but he was no longer living at that address. Motion granted based on Client’s declaration, daughter’s declaration and utility bills showing a change of address. According to IJ Order, the NTA and Notice of Hearing were also “returned to sender.”
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Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
AILA amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the meaning of “particular social group” for asylum purposes, arguing that the “social visibility” or “particularity” should not constitute part of the social group inquiry.
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