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Remedy for Putative NTA
The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that Homeland Security can “cure” a defective Not...
Failure to Report
The Second Circuit has remanded an asylum claim for a Honduran woman who had been the victim of f...
Theft
Theft & Intent to Permanently DepriveTheft no longer requires an intent to deprive. The Board of ...
Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle
VTL 511(3)(a) Unlicensed OperationUnlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree in ...
Objection to a Noncompliant NTA
Objection to A Defect in the NTAThe Board has held in Matter of Fernandes, 28 I&N Dec. 605, 610–1...
Money Laundering & the Circumstance-Specific Approach
Money Laundering & the Circumstance-Specific ApproachThe Board of Immigration Appeals has determi...
Arise From a Single Scheme
Matter of Carlos Manuel BAEZA-GALINDO, 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025)The Board of Immigration Appeals (...
DHS' Burden to Prove Alienage
DHS' Burden to Prove Alienage is by "Clear, Unequivocal and Convincing Evidence"The First Circuit...
Second Degree Attempted Assault is a Crime of Violence
Attempted Assault 2nd Degree In Violation of NYPL 120.05The Second Circuit concluded that a convi...
LPR Returning to the US
Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir March 3, 2025)An LPR that is returning to the US after traveli...
NY VTL §511(3)(a)(i) Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of Motor Vehicle
Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of Motor Vehicle in Violation of New York Vehicle and Traffic Law...
Dealing With ICE
What You Need to Know About ICE EncountersWith the second Trump Administration, U.S. Immigration ...
Employment Authorization Generally
What documentation must be submitted with the EAD application? • Proof of filing with USCIS or th...
Asylum Clock
Asylum ApplicantsHow long must an asylum applicant with a pending case wait to apply for an initi...
Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Final Rule
Summary The Circumventing Lawful Pathways (CLPFR) applies to entries between May 11, 2023 and May...
Family Membership
Family Membership as Particular Social GroupPSG practice advisory_final 7 19 21.pdfNexus_-_Partic...
Family Membership Nexus & Matter of M-R-M-S (BIA 2023)
Family Membership Asylum NexusCANNOT BE TARGETING THE FAMILY FOR REASONS UNRELATED TO THEM BEING...
Acronyms
Acronyms You may notice a lot of acronyms being used in the discussion of U.S. immigration law. T...
Immigration Terms
Immigration Terminology These are terms used within the U.S. immigration law and therefore used o...
Common Immigration Forms
Commonly Referenced FormsThere are some immigration processes that are often referred to by the n...