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Ridore v. Holder
Haitian citizen convicted of minor offenses should not be deported to Haiti where detention under horrific prison conditions amounts to torture. 		Immigration Oct. 4, 2012
Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorka
Child who lost eligibility under derivative visa is now eligible because he may use filing date of visa petition for which he was originally listed. 		Immigration Sep. 27, 2012
Montes-Lopez v. Holder
Immigration judge violates alien’s right to representation by requiring him to proceed with hearing without his attorney present. 		Immigration Sep. 19, 2012
Young v. Holder
Alien may be deported although his record of conviction did not show whether he was convicted of selling, or offering to sell, cocaine. 		Immigration Sep. 18, 2012
Gonzaga-Ortega v. Holder
Lawful permanent resident who attempted to smuggle niece into country has no right to representation during secondary inspection at border. 		Immigration Sep. 17, 2012
Eche v. Holder
Lawful permanent resident may not count time lived in Mariana Islands before 2009 toward residence requirement for becoming U.S. citizen. 		Immigration Sep. 12, 2012
Cheema v. Holder
Written warning on asylum application adequately informs alien that he will be denied immigration benefits if his application is frivolous. 		Immigration Sep. 7, 2012
Sanchez-Avalos v. Holder
Although alien was convicted of sexual battery under California law, he should not have been deemed inadmissible. 		Immigration Sep. 5, 2012
Corpuz v. Holder
BIA improperly calculates ‘term of imprisonment’ for purpose of determining eligibility for relief by including entire period of petitioner's civil confinement. 		Immigration Sep. 4, 2012
Ortiz-Alfaro v. Holder
Reinstated removal order is not final until Dept. of Homeland Security has completed alien's reasonable fear and withholding of removal proceedings. 		Immigration Aug. 28, 2012
Cabantac v. Holder
In determining removability due to controlled substance offense, appeals court may consider facts alleged in count specified in abstract of judgment. 		Immigration Aug. 24, 2012
Aguilar-Turcios v. Holder
Petitioner is not removable where his conviction for using government computer to access pornographic websites is not ‘aggravated felony’ under modified categorical approach. 		Immigration Aug. 16, 2012
Mojica v. Holder
Ninth Circuit decision in 'Mercado-Zazueta v. Holder,' which was used to hold alien could impute father’s legal status to meet lawful residence requirement, is invalid. 		Immigration Aug. 13, 2012
Nijjar v. Holder
Dept. of Homeland Security lacks authority to terminate alien’s asylum status because Congress gave such power exclusively to Attorney General. 		Immigration Aug. 2, 2012
Flores-Lopez v. Holder
Conviction under California Penal Code Section 69 does not qualify categorically as crime of violence because idea that resisting officer inevitably leads to violence is too speculative. 		Immigration Jul. 10, 2012
Annachamy v. Holder
Material support bar does not include implied exception for individuals who have assisted organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or provided support under duress. 		Immigration Jul. 5, 2012
Sawyers v. Holder
Ninth Circuit's decisions holding that years of residence of petitioner's mother were imputed to him for purposes of cancellation of removal are no longer valid precedent. 		Immigration Jul. 2, 2012
Rivera-Peraza v. Holder
Hardship standard for waivers of inadmissibility for petitioners convicted of violent or dangerous crimes requires agency to consider hardship to alien and relatives. 		Immigration Jul. 2, 2012
Nian v. Holder
Court has jurisdiction to consider denial of alien crew member’s petition for asylum in asylum-only proceedings because decision was functional equivalent of final order of removal. 		Immigration Jun. 29, 2012
Rodriguez v. Holder
BIA commits legal error by making its own factual determination and engaging in de novo review of immigration judge’s factual findings. 		Immigration Jun. 28, 2012
Arizona v. United States
Arizona's S.B. 1070, which created new state immigration offenses and gave officers arrest authority as to certain aliens, is largely preempted by federal law. 		Immigration Jun. 25, 2012
Vilchez v. Holder
Removal hearing by video-conference does not necessarily violate due process where alien failed to establish that outcome of hearing was affected. 		Immigration Jun. 19, 2012
Garcia v. Thomas
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act does not repeal federal jurisdiction over claims that extradition would violate rights under Convention Against Torture. 		Immigration Jun. 10, 2012
Garcia v. Thomas
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act does not repeal federal jurisdiction over claims that extradition would violate rights under Convention Against Torture. 		Immigration Jun. 10, 2012
Mirmehdi v. United States
Alien’s ‘Bivens’ claim alleging unlawful detention fails because adequate alternative remedies existed and immigration context implicated foreign policy. 		Immigration Jun. 7, 2012
Holder v. Gutierrez
Each alien seeking cancellation of removal is required to satisfy 8 U.S.C. Section 1229b(a)’s requirements on his or her own, without imputing parent’s status. 		Immigration May 21, 2012
Oyeniran v. Holder
Collateral estoppel binds BIA to prior determination that alien presented sufficient evidence under Convention Against Torture based on violence due to religious differences. 		Immigration May 3, 2012
Rivas v. Napolitano
Doctrine of consular nonreviewability does not apply to consulate’s lack of action on applicant’s request for reconsideration of denial of visa application. 		Immigration Apr. 25, 2012
Robles-Urrea v. Holder
Misprision of felony is not categorically crime involving moral turpitude because misprision is not 'inherently base, vile, or depraved.' 		Immigration Apr. 23, 2012
Arbid v. Holder
Alien is no longer eligible for asylum and withholding of removal after conviction for mail fraud, which is considered 'particularly serious' crime. 		Immigration Apr. 3, 2012
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