CA9 Holds Petitioner was Legitimated Under Salvadoran Law
The court found that the Petitioner, born out-of-wedlock, failed to establish a claim of derivative citizenship through his mother, because the subsequent marriage of his…
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CA9 Finds No Abandonment of AOS Where Petitioner Departed without Advance Parole
Over dissent, the court found that where Petitioner unintentionally drove into Mexico without advance parole, he did not abandon his NACARA adjustment of status because…
CA9 Says CA Residential Burglary Is a Particularly Serious Crime
The court held that a conviction for residential burglary under Cal. Penal code §459 is a crime of violence under 18 USC §16(b) and is…
The court found that the IJ’s determination based on conduct stretching many years and leading up to the hearing was permissible
Though the registry statute, INA §249, does not specify a time period for good moral character, the court found that the IJ’s determination based on…
CA9 Says SIJ Parole Is an Admission “In Any Status” for Cancellation Purposes
The court found that Petitioner’s 1992 parole as a Special Immigrant Juvenile under INA §245(h) qualified as an admission “in any status” for purposes of…