The court upheld the IJ’s adverse credibility determination and conclusion that Petitioner’s marriage was not entered into in good faith where petitioner and his ex-wife gave vastly divergent descriptions of their wedding day.
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The court found that Petitioner’s due process rights were violated when government counsel was unprepared at the merits hearing and the IJ took over cross-examination and ceased functioning as a neutral arbiter.
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The court found that a translation error in a medical document corroborating Petitioner’s injuries contributed significantly to the IJ’s adverse credibility finding, and stayed the appeal so that Petitioner could present the error to the BIA.
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The court found that a translation error in a medical document corroborating Petitioner’s injuries contributed significantly to the IJ’s adverse credibility finding, and stayed the appeal so that Petitioner could present the error to the BIA.
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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 conduct stretching many years and leading up to the hearing was permissible.
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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 conduct stretching many years and leading up to the hearing was permissible.
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The BIA held that the IJ should consider new evidence submitted in support of a renewed I-751 with a waiver of the joint filing requirement regardless of whether the evidence was previously considered by DHS.
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