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Ep. 227 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2024 - 9/1/2024

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9/2/24

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); consideration of police reports in discretionary analysis

Momin v. Jaddou, No. 23-20327 (5th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024)

  • Patel; incorrect birthdates; adjustment of status; I-601 waiver; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(i)

Silva Pazine v. Garland, No. 23-1894 (1st Cir. Aug. 27, 2024)

  • nexus; harm in the U.S.; domestic violence; Brazilian Women particular social group; mixed motive; misogyny in Brazil

Dominguez Ojeda v. Garland, No. 23-835 (9th. Cir. Aug. 29, 2024)

  • discretion to consider new evidence during reasonable fear interview review

Meza-Carmona v. Garland, No. 20-73293 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2024)

  • physically present; continuous period; U.S. citizenship law in 1968; permissible inference

Zia v. Garland, No. 21-1325 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2024)

  • I-751 waiver review; INA §§ 242(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii); adverse credibility;  PatelWilkinson; jurisdiction

Lall v. USCIS, No. 20-2051 (3rd Cir. Aug. 27, 2024)

  • U.S. citizenship revocation; derivative citizenship through adoptive parents; equitable estoppel