Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)

Immigration Review

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A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Tuesday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-...

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Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)

Episodes

Ep. 301 - Precedential Decisions from 1/26/2026 - 2/1/2026 (particularly serious crime; N-A-M-; no misdemeanor presumption; discretion; in absentia; imputed gang & pro se asylum; robbery & attempted theft aggravated felony) 03.02.2026 36:47

Matter of E-A-S-O- , 29 I&N Dec. 422 (BIA 2026) particularly serious crime; N-A-M- ; no misdemeanor presumption; Matter of Juarez ; D.C. Code § 22-3010.01 sexual abuse of a minor; discretion; weighing hardship in discretionary analysis Matter of Laurent Castro , 29 I&N Dec. 419 (BIA 2026) in absentia ; interlocutory appeal; “shall”; notice Bonilla-Espinoza v. Bondi , No. 24-9566 (10th...

Ep. 300!!! - Precedential Decisions from 1/19/2026 - 1/25/2026 (unable or unwilling to protect & dv-type asylum; no police reporting requirement; frivolous asylum filing warning; crime of violence; unborn person; CIMT & lewd conduct) 27.01.2026 36:38

Guevara-Serrano, et al. v. Bondi , No. 23-4420 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2026) unable or unwilling to protect; no police reporting requirement; Burbano ; uncontradicted testimony; domestic violence; gangs; Honduras Matter of S-M-H -, 29 I&N Dec. 412 (BIA 2026) frivolous asylum filing warning; dual citizenship; materiality; written warnings United States v. Singer , No. 23-6120 (10th Cir. Jan...

Ep. 299 - Precedential Decisions from 1/12/2026 - 1/18/2026 (California assault & crime of violence; serious non political crime & duress; deficient NTA; 237(a)(1)(H) waivers & fraud; termination of refugee status; Salvadoran prisons & CAT) 20.01.2026 49:39

United States v. Ramiro Gomez , No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) (en banc) crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea; Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52; plain error Matter of D-G-B-L- , 29 I&N Dec. 392 (BIA 2026) serious non political crime; drug trafficking activity; duress; stat...

Ep. 297 & 298 - Precedential Decisions from 12/29/2025 - 1/11/2026 (cocaine isomers; realistic probability; jurisdiction & AOS; domestic violence-type asylum; IAC; Loper Bright & Lozada; material misrepresentation; naturalization; death threats) 13.01.2026 48:09

United States v. Ferguson , No. 24-2178 (8th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026) cocaine isomers; divisibility; modified categorical approach; realistic probability test; Arkansas; Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-401(a)(1)(A)(i) Fofana v. Noem, et al. , No. 24-2485 (8th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026) jurisdiction; Patel ; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); asylee adjustment; “any decision” Aguilar-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-2427 (8th Cir. Jan....

Ep. 296 - Precedential Decisions from 12/22/2025 - 12/28/2025 (bond; material support; asylum; PSG; family-based; business ownership; authentication of records; crime of child abuse; jurisdiction; extraordinary circumstances; mixed questions) 30.12.2025 40:24

Matter of Ghanbari , 29 I&N Dec. 376 (BIA 2025) bond; mandatory detention; material support to a terrorist organization; propaganda; non-violent conduct Ramos-Hernandez v. Bondi , No. 25-1038 (1st Cir. Dec. 22, 2025) asylum; withholding of removal; Guatemala; particular social group; family-based; business ownership; persecution; isolated events Campuzano v. Bondi , No. 24-60575 (5th Cir. Dec....

Ep. 295 - Precedential Decisions from 12/15/2025 - 12/21/2025 (DHS burden to prove alienage; CAT; discretion; criminal history; bond; well-founded fear; GMC; due process; firm resettlement) 23.12.2025 53:33

Matter of Tepec-Garcia , 29 I&N Dec. 371 (BIA 2025) termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage Matter of L-A-G-B- , 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025) Panama cartels; CAT; snitches; series of suppositions Matter of Kim , 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025) LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; criminal history; South Korea Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay , 29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 202...

Special Episode - Interview with former USCIS, DHS, and Department of State Attorney Extraordinaire, Nicholas Perry 18.12.2025 1:09:08

Check Nick out, below! www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-perry-856198388 Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Eimmigration "Simplifies immigration casework. Legal professionals use it to advance cases faster, delight clients, and grow their practices." Spe...

Ep. 294 - Precedential Decisions from 12/8/2025 - 12/14/2025 (untimely asylum filing; rehab & discretion; CAT - particularly serious crime, mental health, Haitian prisons, drug cartels & snitches; bond & dangerousness) 16.12.2025 34:56

Osabas-Rivera v. Bondi , No. 25-3168 (6th Cir. Dec. 8, 2025 ) untimely asylum filing; jurisdiction; satisfaction of the attorney general; exhaustion Matter of Jimenez-Ayala , 29 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2025) LPR cancellation; discretion; insufficient rehabilitation; use of meth Matter of W-F- , 29 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2025) CAT; particularly serious crime; mental health; B-Z-R- ; Haitian prison...

Ep. 293 - Precedential Decisions from 12/1/2025 - 12/7/2025 (change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; unable or unwilling; controlled substance offense; nexus; past persecution; crime of child abuse; particularity & gender) 09.12.2025 42:23

Pineda-Guerra v. Bondi , No. 25-3081 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025) change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; BIA abuse of discretion where requirements not contained in Practice Manual or regulations Restrepo Castano v. Bondi , No. 24-2117 (1st Cir. Nov. 28, 2025) unable or unwilling to protect; fruitful police protection; phone threats; Gulf Clan; Colombia Dor v. Bondi , No. 25-1278 (1st C...

Ep. 292 - Precedential Decisions from 11/24/2025 - 11/30/2025 (qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal; extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; stays; government acquiesce; gang & prison-based CAT claims) 02.12.2025 32:14

Perez-Perez v. Bondi , No. 25-0315 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025) qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; meaning of the phrase “would result”; Loper Bright ; freezing age at time of IJ adjudication Sarkisov v. Bondi , No. 25-0316 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025) extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; mixed question of law and fact review; definition of...

Ep. 291 - Precedential Decisions from 11/17/2025 - 11/23/2025 (unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; single police report; VAWA-based motion to reopen; PFR rules; good moral character & DUIs; crime of violence & threats) 25.11.2025 38:49

Ramos Marquez v. Bondi , No. 24-1842 (4th Cir. Nov. 19, 2025) unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; futile reporting to police; agency ignoring evidence; cherry picking; CAT; quiescence; MS-130; Honduras state of exception; country condition evidence in Honduras Matter of K-S-H- , 29 I&N Dec. 307 (BIA 2025) unable or unwilling to protect; single incident wher...

Ep. 290 - Precedential Decisions from 11/10/2025 - 11/16/2025 (Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test) 18.11.2025 26:30

Matter of Cahuec Tzalam , 29 I&N Dec. 300 (BIA 2025) Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; some foreseeable resolution; visa bulletin; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(c)(3) Solis-Flores v. Bondi , No. 22-1147 (4th Cir. Nov. 13, 2025) receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test; Loper Bright ; CIM...

Special Episode - Interview with former Assistant Chief Immigration Judge and San Diego Immigration Court Judge Rico J. Bartolomei 13.11.2025 1:23:24

Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Eimmigration "Simplifies immigration casework. Legal professionals use it to advance cases faster, delight clients, and grow their practices." Homepage! Demo Link! Get the Guide! Stafi "Remote staffing solutio...

Ep. 289 - Precedential Decisions from 11/3/2025 - 11/9/2025 (EAJA; habeas; false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); due diligence; § 101(a)(43)(D) agg fel; circumstance specific approach; forfeiture; VAWA & corroboration; Florida cocaine) 11.11.2025 48:42

Daley v. Choate, et al ., No. 24-1191 (10th Cir. Nov. 3, 2025) EAJA; habeas; sovereign immunity canon; Loper Bright ; civil action; importance of habeas Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi , No. 241464 (4th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025) false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); BIA review of missed questions of law and fact; Wilkinson ; Patel ; jurisdiction; failure to disclose alias Rosa Arevalo v. Bondi , Nos. 24-60349...

Ep. 288 - Precedential Decisions from 10/27/2025 - 11/2/2025 (crime of violence; kidnapping; third country removal; ACA with Honduras & Guatemalans; consular nonreviewability; femicide in Honduras; crime of child abuse & Loper Bright) 04.11.2025 36:30

United States v. Ford aka Caveman , No. 23-1400 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2025) crime of violence; kidnapping; inveigling; federal definition despite no cross reference to federal statute Matter of C-I-G-M- & L-V-S-G- , 29 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 2025) third country removal; ACA with Honduras; Immigration Judge authority; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.11(h) Chen, et al. v. Rubio, et al ., No. 25-521 (2d Cir. Oct....

Ep. 287 - Precedential Decisions from 10/20/2025 - 10/26/2025 (crime of violence; wantonly; persecutor bar; duress; termination of withholding-only proceedings; stay of removal; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; cancellation) 28.10.2025 41:14

United States v. Tooley , No. 24-5286 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2025) Borden ; recklessness; crime of violence; wantonly; manslaughter; murder Matter of Negusie , 29 I&N Dec. 285 (A.G. 2025) persecutor bar; asylum and withholding of removal; duress and voluntariness; history of asylum; 1967 protocol; evidentiary burden Matter of J-A-N-M- , 29 I&N Dec. 287 (BIA 2025) IJ authority to terminate...

Ep. 286 - Precedential Decisions from 10/13/2025 - 10/19/2025 (circuit granting asylum; unable or unwilling; police failures; single mothers; nexus; relocation; gangs; motion to reopen to apply for voluntary departure; prior fraud & adverse credibility) 21.10.2025 33:00

Ramos-Ramos v. Bondi , Nos. 23-9567, 24-9524 (10th Cir. Oct. 15, 2025) clear error standard of review; no need for BIA remand; circuit court granting asylum; unable or unwilling to protect; police failure to solve crime; police ignoring reporting; single mothers; nexus; relocation; fear of gangs; family based particular social group; Honduras Pastor-Hernandez v. Bondi , No. 24-3104 (6th Cir. Oct...

Ep. 285 - Precedential Decisions from 10/6/2025 - 10/12/2025 (notice reasonably calculated; DHS stipulations not binding; in absentia reopening; CAT gang tattoo claims; Dr. Thomas Boerman; El Salvador’s state of exception; torturing prisoners) 14.10.2025 49:21

United States v. Rivera-Valdes , No. 21-30177 (9th Cir. Sep. 18, 2025) (en banc) notice reasonably calculated to reach noncitizen; due process; fundamental fairness; in absentia reopening; incorrect address in OSC Matter of J-H-M-H- , 29 I&N Dec. 278 (BIA 2025) DHS stipulations not binding; CAT; transgender women in Honduras Vergara Castellar v. Bondi , No. 24-2930 (7th Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)...

Ep. 284 - Precedential Decisions from 9/29/2025 - 10/5/2025 (fugitive disentitlement doctrine; credibility; Mexican mental health & CAT; discretion & police reports; interpreter; particularly serious crime; crime of violence; realistic probability test) 07.10.2025 46:17

Uc Encarnacion v. Bondi , No. 22-1601 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025) fugitive disentitlement doctrine; adverse credibility; demeanor not reliable; omissions; experts to use in Mexico CAT claims; OIL abandoning issue in vague footnote; Mexican mental health facilities; particularized risk of torture not overly burdensome Maurice v. Bondi , No. 21-1395 (1st Cir. Oct. 2, 2025) adjustment of status; unc...

Ep. 283 - Precedential Decisions from 9/22/2025 - 9/28/2025 (late filed BIA brief; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; discretion; CAT & ECHR report; fentanyl isomers; bond & dangerousness; imputed particular social group; in absentia) 30.09.2025 48:02

Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi , No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025) motion to accept late-filed brief; inadvertently filing BIA brief on immigration court rather than BIA ECAS docket; BIA failure to explain itself; reasoned decision Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi , No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025) past persecution; unfulfilled threats; land dispute; extraordinary circumstances to excuse one-year asylum f...

Ep. 282 - Precedential Decisions from 9/15/2025 - 9/21/2025 (low level prison guards & conditions in Haiti; intent to torture vs purpose; disbarment of immigration attorney; in absentia MTR; deficient NTA; age out; CSPA; F2A, F1 & immediate relatives) 23.09.2025 33:29

Fleurimond v. Bondi , No. 24-1913 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025) CAT protection; low level prison guards and conditions in Haiti; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture; purpose Matter of Landers , 29 I&N Dec. 240 (BIA 2025) disbarment of immigration attorney; practice of law; preparation of law; similar filings Guzman-Torralva v. Bondi , No. 25-0259 (6th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025) in abs...

Ep. 281 - Precedential Decisions from 9/8/2025 - 9/14/2025 (vacated conviction; statutory analysis; overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; pretermitting asylum application; derivative citizenship; reopening - equitable tolling of time bar) 16.09.2025 34:07

Hewitt v. United States , No. 23-1002 (U.S. June 26, 2025) vacated conviction; statutory interpretation; First Step Act Matter of Garcia-Flores , 29 I&N Dec. 230 (BIA 2025) overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; considering credibility of criminal court witnesses; sexual crimes against minors Matter of H-A-A-V- , 29 I&N Dec. 233 (BIA 2025) pretermitting asylum application;...

Ep. 280 - Precedential Decisions from 9/1/2025 - 9/7/2025 (material support of terrorism; Nigerian cooking; Loper Bright; mandatory detention horror; family & domestic violence type asylum; nexus; private actor persecution; bond; ignoring CAT claims) 09.09.2025 43:57

Ozurumba v. Bondi , No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025) material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright ; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M- , 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025) family based particular social group; L-E-A- ; rulemaking; social distinction Matter of S-S-F-M- , 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025) domesti...

Ep. 279 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2025 - 8/31/2025 (family-based particular social group; nexus; M-R-M-S-; derivative citizenship; continuance; hardship; FTCA; illegal third-country removal; Loper Bright; CIMT) 02.09.2025 59:21

O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi , No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025) family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S- ; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus Sarabia v. Noem , No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025) certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO...

Ep. 278 - Precedential Decisions from 8/18/2025 - 8/24/2025 (birthright citizenship; attache; extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism; Venezuela & CAT; counterintelligence officer; credibility; continuances; corroboration) 26.08.2025 31:58

Moncada v. Rubio , No. 23-55803 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2025) birthright citizenship; diplomatic immunity; consul; attaché; Blue List; Department of State certificate of immunity; Wong Kim Ark Matter of Buri Mora , 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025) extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism in qualifying relative; qualifying relative ability to obtain state benefits and Medicai...