• Ep. 260 - Precedential Decisions from 4/14/2025 - 4/20/2025 (illegal abduction and disappearing of individuals with withholding of removal grant; Executive overreach; facilitate; naturalization during removal proceedings)
    Apr 22 2025

    Abrego Garcia v. Noem, No. 25-1404 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025)

    • illegal abduction and disappearing of individuals with withholding of removal grants based on Executive overreach; facilitate


    Ebu v. USCIS, No. 24-5431 (6th Cir. Apr. 16, 2025)

    • declaratory relief; naturalization with ongoing removal proceedings; INA § 318; INA § 336(b); legislative history



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  • Ep. 259 - Precedential Decisions from 4/7/2025 - 4/13/2025 (exceptional & extremely unusual hardship; failure to consider psychological report; notice of appeal deadline; former police officers; nexus; denying asylum as a matter of discretion; CIMT theft)
    Apr 15 2025

    Blanco Contreras v. Bondi, No. 22-1538 (1st Cir. Apr. 9, 2025)

    • exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; ignoring evidence; failure to consider psychological report



    Matter of Iskandarani, 29 I&N Dec. 26 (BIA 2025)

    • notice of appeal deadline; oral decision; written decision; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.38(b); law addendum


    Matter of O-A-R-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 30 (BIA 2025)

    • former police officers; immutability; particular social group; nexus; animus, anti-circularity; M-R-M-S-; police officers; FARC; Colombia


    Thankarasa v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 23-3204 (3d Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

    • denying asylum as a matter of discretion; entry fraud; Matt of Pula; reconsidering asylum when withholding of removal is granted; Tamil; Sri Lanka


    Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1379 (4th Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

    • CIMT; petit larceny; Loper Bright; affirmative defense; mens rea; reprehensible conduct; changing societal norms; due respect for Diaz-Lizarraga



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    44 mins
  • Ep. 258 - Precedential Decisions from 3/31/2025 - 4/6/2025 (PSG cooperators against MS-13; social distinction & ocular visibility; crime of violence; realistic probability test; naturalization review; INA § 310(c); warrant of arrest)
    Apr 8 2025

    Alvarez Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-1112 (1st Cir. Mar. 31, 2025)

    • cooperators against MS-13; Henriquez-Rivas; persecution in the U.S.; Matter of H-L-S-A-; social distinction and ocular visibility; El Salvador


    United States v. Cervenak, No. 23-3466 (6th Cir. Apr. 2, 2025) (en banc)

    • crime of violence; realistic probability test; robbery in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 2911.02


    Mathin v. Mayorkas, 746 F. Supp. 3d 1327 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 16, 2024)

    • naturalization review; INA § 310(c); warrant of arrest; statutory interpretation; declaratory relief



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    42 mins
  • Ep. 257 - Precedential Decisions from 3/24/2025 - 3/30/2025 (crime of violence; force through omission; temporary appellate IJs; ultra vires argument; discovery to challenge I-130 denial; INA § 204(c); depositions)
    Apr 1 2025

    Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825 (U.S. Mar. 21, 2025)

    • crime of violence; force through omission; New York attempted murder; Castleman; Stokeling; meaning of “use”; limits of Borden; bodily injury; “ordinary meaning”

    Ayala Chapa v. Bondi, No. 21-60039 (5th Cir. Mar. 24, 2025)

    • temporary appellate IJs; temporary Board member; Santos Zacaria; INA § 103(g)(1); Attorney General authority; ultra vires argument

    Yocom, et al. v. USCIS, et al., No. 22-0839 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2025)

    • discovery to challenge I-130 denial; INA § 204(c); deposition of ex-wife; deposition of USCIS; no requirement to submit sworn statement; Munoz; coercive behavior; due process violation


    Litigation tracker: https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/



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    30 mins
  • Ep. 256 - Precedential Decisions from 3/17/2025 - 3/23/2025 (deeming asylum application abandoned for failure to include declaration; point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; individualized inquiry for hardship; credibility)
    Mar 25 2025

    Matter of C-A-R-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 13 (BIA 2025)

    • incomplete I-589; deeming asylum application abandoned for failure to include asylum declaration; cocaine admission and good moral character


    Matter of Dor, 29 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2025)

    • point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; INA § 237(a)(2)(B)(i); Brown; Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 94C § 32c(a); distribution of marijuana


    Duarte De Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-1057 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)

    • individualized inquiry for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; learning disability; inability to learn in foreign country; inability to learn foreign language; common hardship in the aggregate


    Salinas v. Bondi, No. 23-2779 (8th Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)

    • point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; INA § 237(a)(2)(B)(i); North Dakota definition of marijuana; Cannabis sativa L


    Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-1247 (9th Cir. Mar. 17, 2025)

    • credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; Singh v. Garland distinguished; frivolous asylum finding; Mann Party; Sikh; India


    State Dept. Article


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    44 mins
  • Important Announcement!
    Mar 24 2025
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  • Ep. 255 - Precedential Decisions from 3/10/2025 - 3/16/2025 (alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; hardship and one-year filing deadline review: satisfaction of Attorney General; asylum in India - loan sharks and Mann Party; deference)
    Mar 17 2025

    Rosa v. Bondi, No. 24-1240 (1st Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

    • DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard



    Wilkinson v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3166 (3d Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

    • extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; substantial evidence standard of review; psychological harm without experts


    Rahman v. Bondi, No. 23-3608 (6th Cir. Mar. 13, 2025)

    • types of hardship review; Wilkinson; INA § 212(i) waiver; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) waiver; unlawful presence waiver; no adverse credibility review; satisfaction of the Attorney General


    Dineshkumar Patel v. Bondi, No. 24-3614 (6th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

    • fear of loan sharks; extortion; nexus; acquiesce; India


    Gulomjonov v. Bondi, No. 21-2844 (7th Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

    • material change exception to one year asylum filing deadline; Loper Bright; satisfaction of the attorney general; heightened deference; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)(ii); reasonable time; Catholic converts; Uzbekistan


    Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9589 (10th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

    • unable or unwilling to protect; reporting to police; State Department reports; Mann party asylum claim; Sikh; India



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  • Special Episode - Interview with Rekha and Michael Sharma-Crawford (the Pen & Sword College; trial lawyering in immigration court; personal backgrounds; Laken Riley Act; fighting back against Lozada bar complaint requirement)
    Mar 13 2025

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