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Ep. 22 - Precedential Decisions from 9/21/20 - 9/27/20

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9/28/20

Matter of A-C-A-A-, 28 I&N Dec. 84 (A.G. 2020)

  • asylum; humanitarian asylum; particular social group; nexus; Salvadoran women; El Salvador

Matter of J-G-T-, 28 I&N Dec. 97 (BIA 2020)

  • expert testimony; State Department reports; Iran; Mexico

Torres v. Barr, No. 13-70653 (9th Cir. Sept. 24, 2020)

  • inadmissibility; INA § 212(a)(7)(a)(i)(I); INA § 212(a)(6)(A)(i); statutory interpretation; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

Loja-Tene v. Barr, No. 19-2192 (1st Cir. Sept. 21, 2020)

  • asylum; nexus; family group; criminal recruitment; Ecuador

Lee v. Barr, No. 19-1516 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2020)

  • continuances; withholding of removal; wealthy immigrants; particular social group; Jamaica; voluntary departure

Avitso v. Barr, No. 20-1117 (8th Cir. Sept. 22, 2020)

  • motion to reopen; in absentia; ineffective assistance of counsel; substantial compliance with Matter of Lozada