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. 232 - Precedential Decisions from 9/30/2024 - 10/6/2024 (EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation) 07.10.2024 28:09

Nguyen v. Jaddou , No. 23-20597 (5th Cir. Oct. 3, 2024) EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; successor-in-interest; jurisdiction Singh v. Garland , No. 23-95 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2024) credibility; Matter of R-K-K- ; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation; speculation; absence from Department of State report; Mann Party; Sikh; India Next Lawyer Up Podcast Episode 153 - Next Lawyer Up...

Ep. 231 - Precedential Decisions from 9/23/2024 - 9/29/2024 (Ukraine; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; generic federal definition of methamphetamine; extradition; State Department & CAT) 30.09.2024 28:17

Tereshchenko v. Karimi , No. 24-172 (2d Cir. May 16, 2024) Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; Interpol Yellow Notice; waiving affirmative defense; Ukraine United States v. Verdugo , 682 F. Supp. 3d 869 (S.D. Cal. 2023) generic federal definition of methamphetamine; analogs vs. isomers; Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 11379(a) and 11378; Unite...

Ep. 230 - Precedential Decisions from 9/16/2024 - 9/22/2024 (CIMT & retail theft; family, nexus & mixed motive; DHS non-opp to motion to remand; prolonged detention; FARO & aggravated felony obstruction of justice; extraordinary circumstances & reopening) 23.09.2024 53:40

Matter of Thakker , 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024) Matter of Jurado ; temporary taking; Diaz Lizarraga ; retail theft; 18 Penn. Con. Stat § 3929(a)(l) Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland , No. 21-4064 (6th Cir. Sept. 20, 2024) family nexus; due process, bias, and exhaustion; ignoring fact affidavits; substantial; gang need not explain reason for targeting; mixed motive; Matter of M-R-M-S- ; animus not...

Ep. 229 - Precedential Decisions from 9/9/2024 - 9/15/2024 (failure to report as a child; manner of entry, jurisdiction & Patel; petty theft & CIMT; single scheme; pardons; Skidmore deference; fetus persecution) 16.09.2024 37:37

Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland , No. 21-6293 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024) Honduran women; harm by family as a child; failure to report as a child; unable or unwilling to protect; erroneous reliance on State Department report; failure to consider conflicting evidence Patel v. Garland , No. 23-3461 (6th Cir. Sept. 10, 2024) I-601; adjustment of status; Patel ; jurisdiction; judicial bias; manner of en...

Ep. 228 - Precedential Decisions from 9/2/2024 - 9/8/2024 (deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA; crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm) 09.09.2024 25:12

Matter of R-T-P- , 28 I&N Dec. 828 (BIA 2024) deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA United States v. Perez Garcia , No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2024) crime of violence; recklessness; Borden ; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and P...

Ep. 227 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2024 - 9/1/2024 (reopening standard; attempted child abuse; jurisdiction - Patel, I-601 & I-751; nexus & harm in the U.S.; reasonable fear review; derivative U.S. citizenship) 02.09.2024 56:08

Mouns v. Garland , No. 22-1368 (4th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024) changed country condition motion to reopen; L-O-G- ; prima facie standard; Coelho ; reasonable likelihood; Yemen Matter of D. Rodriguez , 28 I&N Dec. 815 (BIA 2024) attempt; crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; context; statutory interpretation; Congressional silence; Texas attempt; Tx Pen. Code §§ 15.01(a) and 22.04(a)(1); c...

Ep. 226 - Precedential Decisions from 8/19/2024 - 8/25/2024 (asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence) 26.08.2024 15:37

Aben v. Garland , No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024) Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; Cameroon 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...

Ep. 225 - Precedential Decisions from 8/12/2024 - 8/18/2024 (vacated criminal conviction & reopening; murder; voluntary departure; temporary BIA members; nexus; police reports & discretion) 19.08.2024 50:15

Bent v. Garland , No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024) Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance United States v. Manzano , No. 23-6073 (10th Cir. Aug. 13, 2024) generic definition of murder; Oklahoma second degree murder in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.8; killing in commission of...

Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility) 12.08.2024 1:05:54

Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9) Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel United States v. Munoz , No. 22-11574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024) denaturalization; clearly erroneous; collateral estoppel; judicial estoppel; date of conspiracy and other criminal indictments; necessary for conviction Josh...

Ep. 223 - Precedential Decisions from 7/29/2024 - 8/4/2024 (challenging DHS regulations; material support of terrorism & due process; naturalization delay; particularly serious crime; mental health issues; past persecution & Mann party) 05.08.2024 44:47

Save Jobs USA v. DHS , No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024) challenging DHS regulations; Washtech ; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis Jani v. Garland , No. 22-1397 (1st Cir. July 30, 2024) material support of terrorism bar to asylum; fundamental fairness and due process; indiscernible transcript Jemaah Islamiya; appeal of only derivative grant but not lead gran...

Ep. 222 - Precedential Decisions from 7/22/2024 - 7/28/2024 (administrative notice of foreign law; credibility; derivative citizenship; best interests of the child; asylum & Angola; PFR venue; bonafide Egyptian marriage & pro se respondents) 29.07.2024 56:27

Shen v. Garland , No. 16-71315 (9th Cir. July 24, 2024) administrative notice of foreign law; forced abortion; 2003 change in law for Chinese premarital checkups; exhaustion of sub-arguments; Alam ; credibility; mistaken memory may lead to change in testimony; DHS misstating facts on cross-examination Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland , No. 22-507 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024) derivative citizenship;...

Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Ira Kurzban (important cases from the Supreme Court's 2023-2024 Term; state of the judiciary; Immigrants' List & immigration advocacy) 25.07.2024 1:26:19

All about Ira Kurzban and Immigrants' List: Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/ Get involved with Immigrants' List: https://www.immigrantslist.org/ Order Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: https://www.aila.org/shop/products/view/kurzbans-immigration-law-sourcebook Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigr...

Ep. 221 - Precedential Decisions from 7/15/2024 - 7/21/2024 (flight from ethnic cleansing & genocide; gang recruitment & PSGs; CIMT & prostitution; I-213 reliability; unfulfilled threat doctrine) 22.07.2024 35:20

Paye v. Garland , No. 23-1426 (1st Cir. July 17, 2024) flight from ethnic cleansing and genocide as past persecution; INA § 242(a)(2)(C) jurisdiction Ramos-Gutierrez v. Garland , No. 23-1885 (1st Cir. July 18, 2024) particularly social group; nexus; circularity; example of what happens when you report on gangs in El Salvador Ortega-Cordova v. Garland , No. 22-1700 (4th Cir. July 16, 2024) evo...

Ep. 220 - Precedential Decisions from 7/8/2024 - 7/14/2024 (naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional LPR; pre-trial detention; confined as a result of conviction; persecution; continuance; admin close) 15.07.2024 38:07

Azumah v. USCIS , No. 22-2175 (4th Cir. July 9, 2024) naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 8 C.F.R. § 316.2(b); applicant for admission Bador v. Garland , No. 22-6492 (2d Cir. July 11, 2024) INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional permanent resident; INA § 216(c)(4)(B); I-751; Vasquez v. Holder ; bonafide marriage; Matter of Bador Aguilar v. Att'y Gen. U.S. , No. 18-3...

Special Episode - Interview with Attorney Eric Lee (lead counsel on the recent doctrine of consular nonreviewability Supreme Court case, Munoz v. Dept. of State) 11.07.2024 1:09:21

All about Eric Lee: Law Firm Website (Diamante Law): https://www.diamantelaw.com/meet-our Email: elee@diamantelaw.com 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. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management"...

Ep. 219 - Precedential Decisions from 7/1/2024 - 7/7/2024 (car jacking; crime of violence - physical force & mens rea; climate refugees; 212(c) relief; Wilkinson review; mixed motive, nexus, Christians & gangs; adjustment of status in district court) 08.07.2024 45:26

Gutierrez v. Garland , Nos., 22-554, 21-130 (9th Cir. July 2, 2024) carjacking in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 215(a); aggravated felony crime of violence; crime involving moral turpitude; statute silent on mens rea ; Borden ; California robbery; res judicata Cruz Galicia v. Garland , No. 23-1910 (1st Cir. July 1, 2024) climate refugees; particular social group; review by three member panel;...

Special Episode - AILA Annual Conference 2024 (interview with AILA National Immediate Past President Farshad Owji, and AILA National President Kelli Stump) 02.07.2024 46:56

Links!!!! All about AILA All about Farshad All about Kelli Farshad's AILA Annual Conference 2024 Speech Kelli's AILA Annual Conference 2024 Speech 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. Docketwise "Modern immigration...

Ep. 218 - Precedential Decisions from 6/24/2024 - 6/30/2024 (Chevron agency deference; discretionary determination review; nexus; Jehovah’s Witnesses; religion; aggravated felony: sexual abuse of a minor & relating to obstruction of justice; mens rea) 01.07.2024 44:35

Guardian article on Honduras Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , No. 22-451 (U.S. June 28, 2024) deference to agencies; APA; Chevron ; star decisis Santiago Lopez v. Garland , No. 23-2081 (7th Cir. June 24, 2024) non-LPR cancellation of removal; Wilkinson ; discretionary determination; procedural vs. substantive challenge; timelines of deficient NTA challenge Manzano v. Garland , No. 22-7...

Ep. 217 - Precedential Decisions from 6/17/2024 - 6/23/2024 (fundamental right to live with spouse; lawful sanction; credibility; failure to consider therapist letter; no-notice reopening; reasonable fear review; deficient OSC & due process) 24.06.2024 52:43

Department of State v. Munoz , No. 23-334 (U.S. June 21, 2024) fundamental right to live with one’s spouse in the United States; due process; doctrine of consular nonreviewability Matter of H-C-R-C- , 28 I&N Dec. 809 (BIA 2024) lawful sanction cannot defeat the CAT; prison rape; credibility Garcia Cortes v. Garland , No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. June 17, 2024) non-LPR cancellation of removal; ex...

Ep. 216 - Precedential Decisions from 6/10/2024 - 6/16/2024 (in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; textualism; crime of violence; asylum & withholding nexus; CIMT; prolonged detention post-reinstatement) 17.06.2024 39:29

Campos-Chaves v. Garland , No. 22-674 (U.S. June 14, 2024) in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; statutory interpretation; Notice of Hearing; INA § 239(a)(2); “change”; “new”; “any” United States v. Venjohn , No. 23-8028 (10th Cir. June 10, 2024) crime of violence; Colorado Stat. § 18-3-206; state appellate case law binds for categorical approach; Taylor ; threatened use of force Diaz-H...

Ep. 215 - Precedential Decisions from 6/3/2024 - 6/9/2024 (case law housekeeping!; authentication of domestic records; APA - jurisdiction, discretion & I-601A delay; one year asylum deadline; pattern or practice - Mexican transgender women) 10.06.2024 40:49

Caselaw Housekeeping South Carolina domestic violence (4th Cir.); Afghan and Iraqi Allies, et al. v. Blinken, et al (D.C. Cir.) ; Jajati v. CBP (9th Cir.) Smith v. Garland , No. 22-954 (9th Cir. June 3, 2024) authentication of domestic records; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6; exhaustion; government failure to raise argument; CAT protection; Guyana Smith v. Garland, et. al , No. 23-2874 (7th Cir. June 3, 202...

Ep. 214 - Precedential Decisions from 5/28/2024 - 6/2/2024 (sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; possession of child pornography; mootness & physical removal; J-F-F- and CAT; controlled substance trafficking aggravated felony; mandatory detention) 03.06.2024 45:23

Huynh v. Garland , No. 23-1318 (8th Cir. May 28, 2024) sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; possession of child pornography; INA § 101(A)(43)(a); Iowa Code § 728.12(3); INA § 101(a)(43)(L); CIMT; realistic provability and case exemplars Lopez-Sorto v. Garland , No. 21-2107 (4th Cir. May 31, 2024) CAT protection; mootness and physical removal; ICE’s Facilitation of Return Policy; reverting...

Ep. 213 - Precedential Decisions from 5/21/2024 - 5/27/2024 (serious drug offense; choice of law; changed country condition motion to reopen; Bosnian Muslims; religion and nexus; police informant; deficient NTA; sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony) 27.05.2024 51:30

Brown v. United States , No. 22-6389 (U.S. May 23, 2024) sentence enhancement; ACCA; Pennsylvania marijuana; Florida cocaine; categorical approach point of comparison Matter of M-N-I- , 28 I&N Dec. 803 (BIA 2024) choice of law; change of venue; Matter of Garcia ; administrative control court; notice of hearing Tulung v. Garland , No. 23-2430 (1st Cir. May 21, 2024) changed country conditio...

Ep. 212 - Precedential Decisions from 5/13/2024 - 5/20/2024 (knock and talk; curtilage; Fourth Amendment; vacating ICE policy and practice; Hague Act Adoption; changed country condition motion to reopen; crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment) 20.05.2024 44:59

Sorto-Vasquez Kidd, et al. v. Mayorkas, et al ., (C.D. Cal. May 15, 2024) knock and arrest; knock and talk; curtilage; Fourth Amendment; injunctive relief; vacating ICE policy and practice; Aleman Gonzalez ; INA § 242(f) Matter of Furtado , 28 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2024) Hague Act Adoption and I-130; exceptions; internal USCIS policy; Central Authority letter; habitual residence Djokro v. Garl...

Ep. 211 - Precedential Decisions from 5/6/2024 - 5/12/2024 (FBA Conference!; deficient NTA; reinstatement; exhaustion; claims processing rule; INA § 241(a)(5) not jurisdictional; reasonable fear; family based particular social group; fear of cartels) 13.05.2024 22:44

Suate-Orellana v. Garland, No. 19-72446 (9th Cir. May 7, 2024) deficient NTA; reinstatement; exhaustion; claims processing rule; INA § 241(a)(5) not jurisdictional; Santos-Zacaria and clearly irreconcilable precedent Galvez-Vicencio v. Garland, No. 23-3018 (8th Cir. May 6, 2024) reasonable fear review; family based particular social group; fear of cartels; retribution; Mexico Sponsors and friend...