On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Garland v. Ming Dai, overruling the Ninth Circuit’s longstanding “deemed-true-or-credible” rule that required reviewing courts to treat noncitizens’ testimony as credible and...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions: United States v. Cooley, No. 19-1414: When a tribal officer saw a truck parked on the side of a public highway within the Crow...more
THE CHALLENGE: When Jennifer Arguijo was 11 years old, she and her siblings left Honduras to join their mother and stepfather—a US citizen—in the United States. Four years later, she ran away from home to escape her...more
On March 4, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Pereida v. Wilkinson, holding that noncitizens who seek to cancel a lawful removal order have the burden of proving they have not been convicted of a disqualifying crime, even...more
The past four years have been challenging for immigrants in the United States. President Trump has made “strong borders” a cornerstone of his administration. Among the well documented and inhumane consequences of his...more
When can domestic violence form the basis of a successful asylum claim? A New York City immigration judge recently granted asylum to one of our pro bono clients who was found to have suffered past persecution on account of...more
Is embezzlement theft? Some people think it is. Even common sense suggests it. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit can’t live in the world of common sense. It lives in a world of statutes that have words,...more
The Ninth Circuit upheld the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of the petitioner’s claim that he derived citizenship under INA §320(a) from his U.S. citizen stepfather, who married his non-citizen mother after he was born...more