7/19/21
Matter of Cruz-Valdez, 28 I&N Dec. 326 (A.G. 2021)
- administrative closure; Matter of Castro-Tum
Valarezo-Tirado v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 20-1705 (3d Cir. July 15, 2021)
- reasonable fear interview; reinstatement; withholding-only; adequacy of IJ decision; CAT
B.R. v. Garland, No. 19-70386 (9th Cir. July 12, 2021)
- termination; regulatory violations; due process; service of NTA on minor; egregious constitutional violation; evidence of alienage; CAT; drug cartels; Mexico
Lalayan v. Garland, No. 18-73062 (9th Cir. July 13, 2021)
- adverse credibility; plausibility; demeanor; Armenia
Singh v. Garland, No. 19-60937 (5th Cir. July 12, 2021)
- stay of removal; due process; adverse credibility; IJ bias; extra-record evidence; Matter of R-K-K-; political opinion; persecution; Mann Party; BJP; India
Sanchez-Gonzalez v. Garland, No. 20-3938 (6th Cir. July 16, 2021)
- motion to reopen; jurisdiction; INA § 241(a)(5); reinstatement; gross miscarriage of justice; Ohio Revised Code § 2943.031(A); duty to advise immigration consequences
Coto-Albarenga v. Garland, No. 20-2539 (8th Cir. July 12, 2021)
- adverse credibility; credible fear interview; discrepancies
Fofana v. Mayorkas, No. 20-1623 (8th Cir. July 15, 2021)
- material support of terrorism; issue preclusion; collateral estoppel; United Liberation Movement
Peh v. Garland, No. 20-1508 (8th Cir. July 16, 2021)
- realistic probability test; Iowa Code § 710.10(3); “entice”; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment
Ochoa-Salgado v. Garland, No. 19-60519 (5th Cir. July 16, 2021)
- drug trafficking aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); delivery; offer to sell; rule of orderliness; categorical approach; Texas Health and Safety Code § 481.112