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)

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Important Announcement! 24.03.2025 0:53

Episodes will be published every Tuesday morning, going forward : ) Sponsors and friends of the podcast! 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. Cerenade "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions" Click me! The Pen & Sword C...

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) 17.03.2025 50:14

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...

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) 13.03.2025 1:12:47

Links!!!! Law firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/ The Pen & Sword College: https://bit.ly/3Dq2THh Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025 Formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/ Rekha's books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/ Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, an...

Ep. 254 - Precedential Decisions from 3/3/2025 - 3/9/2025 (LPR as arriving alien; parole; false testimony & good moral character; arson aggravated felony; politics in Nicaragua; political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws) 10.03.2025 48:33

Lau v. Bondi , No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025) LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix ; parole Penaranda v. Bondi , No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025) false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes ; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NT...

Ep. 253 - Precedential Decisions from 2/24/2025 - 3/2/2025 (exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; Virginia robbery) 03.03.2025 23:58

Xia v. Scott , No. 23-3055 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025) exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; reasoned consideration by BIA United States v. Parham , No. 23-4249 (4th Cir. Feb. 26, 2025) crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; physical force; sentence enhancement; robbery in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-58 Sponsors and friends of the podcast...

Ep. 252 - Precedential Decisions from 2/17/2025 - 2/23/2025 (odd, ends, and immigration news; in absentia motion to reopen; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; notice in foreign language) 24.02.2025 21:03

Odd, ends, and immigration news Stay positive! : ) El Manyary v. Bondi , No. 22-3102 (8th Cir. Feb. 21, 2025) in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez ; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte ; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; hearing notice in foreign language Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, a...

Ep. 251 - Precedential Decisions from 2/10/2025 - 2/16/2025 (past persecution - Roma; disfavored group; firearms offense; CIMT & Loper Bright; continuance & diligence; drugs; sua sponte reopening; DV asylum; inadequate medical care) 17.02.2025 1:09:00

Lapadat, et al. v. Bondi , No. 23-1745 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025) past persecution; being shot; attempted kidnapping; death & rape threats; IJ mischaracterizing testimony; Roma; “gypsies”; pernicious maltreatment; no requirement for lasting injuries; disfavored group analysis for well founded fear; relevance of EU policy Perez-Perez, et al. v. Bondi , No. 23-4240 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025) FRAP...

Ep. 250 - Precedential Decisions from 2/3/2025 - 2/9/2025 (BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; procedural or substantive defect; fear of cartels in Mexico; criminal prosecution of immigration attorneys) 10.02.2025 37:53

Funez-Ortiz v. McHenry , No. 23-2290 (4th Cir. Feb. 4, 2025) CAT protection; BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; gangs wearing military uniform; acquiescence; presumption of regularity Matter of De Jesus-Platon , 29 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 2025) Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; post-conviction relief; Cal. Pen. Code § 18.5; Matter of Velasquez-Rios ; CIMT; Cal. Pen Code § 422; motion t...

Ep. 249 - Precedential Decisions from 1/27/2025 - 2/2/2025 (single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright) 03.02.2025 24:50

Matter of Baeza-Galindo , 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025) single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; temporal limitation; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii); criminal intent Turner v. U.S. Att’y Gen. , No. 22-11207 (11th Cir. Jan. 30, 2025) former INA 321(a)(3); derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright ; Skidmore deference Sponsors and friends of the podca...

Ep. 248 - Precedential Decisions from 1/20/2025 - 1/26/2025 (recent thoughts; CAT protection & credibility; crime of violence; general intent crimes; detention - dangerousness, mixed question of law and fact, and substantive due process) 27.01.2025 47:09

Odds and ends, nonprofits, and law students effected nonprofits and law students: email me if you need anything at kgregg@kktplaw.com Aguilar-Quintanilla v. McHenry , No. 24-60142 (5th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024) CAT protection; removal does not moot CAT challenge; ICE facilitating return; suspected gang members in El Salvador; CAT even with adverse credibility; requirement to consider affidavits; req...

Ep. 247 - Precedential Decisions from 1/13/2025 - 1/19/2025 (CIMTs & fleeing police; res judicata; electronic notice; indigenous men & nexus; PSG identification on appeal; aggravated felony obstruction of justice; transgender women in Guatemala) 20.01.2025 50:37

Ndungu v. Att'y Gen. U.S ., No. 20-2562 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) (en banc) history of CIMT; transactional view of res judicata; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, in violation of 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3733(a.2)(2); documents to be considered under the categorical approach; divisibility analysis; different punishments; Pennsylvania’s mens rea gap filling statute; hypotheticals Ma...

Ep. 246 - Precedential Decisions from 1/6/2025 - 1/12/2025 (Laken Riley Act; duty to intervene standard for government acquiesce or consent for CAT deferral; UN duty to intervene; two-pronged analysis; Boko Haram; Nigeria) 13.01.2025 17:46

Akinsanya v. Garland , No. 24-1412 (1st Cir. Jan. 10, 2025) duty to intervene standard for government acquiesce or consent for CAT deferral; UN duty to intervene; two-pronged analysis; Boko Haram; Nigeria Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for ov...

Ep. 245 - Precedential Decisions from 12/30/2024 - 1/5/2025 (SCOTUS preview; crime of violence; “bodily injury”; emotional or verbal injury; realistic probability test; wholesale exclusion of evidence during discretionary analysis as legal error) 06.01.2025 20:16

United States v. Defrance , No. 23-2409 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2024) crime of violence; “bodily injury”; MT Code Ann. § 45-5-206(1)(a); assault; emotional or verbal injury; realistic probability test Zarzecki v. Garland , No. 21-3267 (7th Cir. Jan. 3, 2025) wholesale exclusion of evidence during adjustment of status discretionary analysis as legal error; de novo review of discretion Sponsors and fri...

Ep. 244 - Precedential Decisions from 12/23/2024 - 12/29/2024 (prior adverse credibility & reopening; stolen property aggravated felony; VAWA & hardship reopening; well-founded fear & Brazil; definition of exceptional & extremely unusual hardship) 30.12.2024 57:57

Singh v. Garland , No. 23-2065 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024) prior adverse credibility & motion to reopen; disregarding affidavits; corroborating evidence; falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus ; Mann party; Sikh; Badal Party Chmukh v. Garland , No. 21-1096 (9th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024) RCW § 69.50.4013; possession of stolen property aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); particularly serious crime; aggra...

Ep. 243 - Precedential Decisions from 12/16/2024 - 12/22/2024 (EB-2 visa; I-140 revocation; temporary Appellate IJ; Attorney General and INA § 103(g); BIA asylum affirmance; in absentia motion to reopen; hardship, voluntary departure &continuance review) 23.12.2024 39:37

Viana Guedes, et al., v, Mayorkas, et al ., No. 24-1228 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024) I-140 revocation; Bouarfa ; jurisdiction; Patel ; EB-2 NIW; discretion Salomon-Guillen v. Garland , No. 23-1723 (4th Cir. Dec. 18, 2024) temporary Appellate Immigration Judge; substantive vs. internal housekeeping regulations; agency following regulations where rights are affected; INA § 103(g); discretionary findi...

Ep. 242 - Precedential Decisions from 12/9/2024 - 12/15/2024 (crime of violence; H-1B & marijuana industry; revocation of I-130 petition; circumstance specific approach; aggravated felony rape; adverse credibility; family based particular social group) 16.12.2024 49:05

Case round up: United States v. Burwell , No. 16-3009 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) – crime of violence; divisibility; Federal bank robbery in violation of U.S.C. § 2113(a); common law robbery; Mathis peek; jury instructions Treez, Inc. v. DHS, Case No. 22-cv-07027 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2024) – marijuana dispensary; H-1B; aiding and abetting controlled substance act violation Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, et al...

Ep. 241 - Precedential Decisions from 12/2/2024 - 12/8/2024 (Senator Markey Immigrants' List event!; mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs) 09.12.2024 17:45

Escobar Larin v. Garland , No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024) mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all ov...

Ep. 240 - Precedential Decisions from 11/25/2024 - 12/1/2024 (thank you Patrons!; CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud) 02.12.2024 15:16

Lamine Kouyate v. Garland , No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024) CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over th...

Ep. 239 - Precedential Decisions from 11/18/2024 - 11/24/2024 (BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; federal definition of marijuana; hemp; realistic probability test) 25.11.2024 29:32

Diaz-Valdez v. Garland , No. 23-1576 (1st Cir. Nov. 22, 2024) BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; extraordinary circumstances; attorney statements; evidentiary sufficiency; guaranteed delivery Matter of Larios-Gutierrez De Pablo and Pablo-Larios , 28 I&N Dec. 868 (BIA 2024) timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; Matter of Fernandes ; claims processing rul...

Ep. 238 - Precedential Decisions from 11/11/2024 - 11/17/2024 (nexus to political opinion; church leaders; small business owners; death threats, extortion & past persecution; reasonable relocation; gang violence; unable or unwilling to protect) 18.11.2024 40:13

Aleman Belloso v. Garland , No. 23-114 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024) nexus; church leader; political opinion; particular social group - influential church leaders; no requirement to report harm for CAT; circularity not fatal; agency misconstruing PSG; no need to report government harm; FMLN; El Salvador Manuel-Soto v. Att'y Gen. U.S. , No. 24-1089 (3d Cir. Nov. 12, 2024) small business owners; p...

Ep. 237 - Precedential Decisions from 11/4/2024 - 11/10/2024 (mental competency; M-A-M- safeguards; termination for regulator violations; serious reasons for believing serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence; failure to act) 11.11.2024 25:10

Reid v. Garland , No. 20-3324 (2d Cir. Nov. 5, 2024) mental competency; Matter of M-A-M- safeguards; due process; no prejudice required; termination for regulator violations Morgan v. Garland , No. 24-1280 (1st Cir. Nov. 5, 2024) serious reasons for believing noncitizen has committed serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence standard for CAT protection; failure to act; ex...

Ep. 236 - Precedential Decisions from 10/28/2024 - 11/3/2024 (denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel; CIMT; elements of sentence enhancement; aging out qualifying relatives; hardship review; fraud; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver & I-751 petition) 04.11.2024 48:51

Farhane v. United States , No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2024) (en banc) denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland ; collateral consequences; Padilla Matter of Khan , 28 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2024) CIMT; categorical approach; consideration elements of sentence enhancement; gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; Cal. Pen. Code § 191.5(b); sen...

Ep. 235 - Precedential Decisions from 10/21/2024 - 10/27/2024 (past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; metering; injunction; credibility; hardship review; Haitian mental health claims) 28.10.2024 35:02

Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland , No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024) past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mixed motive and family based asylum; M-18 gang; El Salvador Al Otro Lado, et al. v. EOIR, et al., No. 22-55988 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024) metering; Asylum Transit Rule; nationw...

Ep. 234 - Precedential Decisions from 10/14/2024 - 10/20/2024 (in absentia motion to reopen - exceptional circumstances; totality of circumstances; traffic accidents; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; NACARA; economic hardship; mixed question review) 21.10.2024 25:49

Montejo-Gonzalez, et al. v. Garland , No. 21-304 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024) in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; traffic accidents; children; prima facie relief inapplicable Vargas-Salazar v. Garland , No. 23-2097 (1st Cir. Oct. 17, 2024) past persecution; unfulfilled threats; outpatient medical treatment;...

Ep. 233 - Precedential Decisions from 10/7/2024 - 10/13/2024 (family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; unable or unwilling to control only in home city in Mexico; Salvadoran men; resistance to gang recruitment) 14.10.2024 20:28

Meza Diaz, et al. v. Garland , No. 23-973 (9th Cir. Oct. 8, 2024) family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; nexus for kidnapping; unable or unwilling to control only in home city; police statement that they cannot protect; cartel; Mexico Alvarado-Reyes v. Garland , No. 23-1726 (1st Cir. Oct. 7, 2024) nexus; family; Salvadoran men; resistance to gang recruitment;...