United States v. Tooley, No. 24-5286 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2025)

• Borden; recklessness; crime of violence; wantonly; manslaughter; murder

Matter of Negusie, 29 I&N Dec. 285 (A.G. 2025)

• persecutor bar; asylum and withholding of removal; duress and voluntariness; history of asylum; 1967 protocol; evidentiary burden

Matter of J-A-N-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 287 (BIA 2025)

•  IJ authority to terminate withholding-only proceedings; termination; at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(d)

Rojas-Espinoza, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-7536 (9th Cir. Oct. 24, 2025)

• administrative stay of removal; Nken; delay; irreparable harm; likelihood of success on the merits; Ninth Circuit General Order 6.4(c)(1); public interest in removal; asylum; Peru

Yupangui-Yunga v. Bondi, No. 23-6522 (2d Cir. Oct. 24, 2025)

• non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; exhaustion; anticipating arguments not required

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Ramos-Ramos v. Bondi, Nos. 23-9567, 24-9524 (10th Cir. Oct. 15, 2025)

• clear error standard of review; no need for BIA remand; circuit court granting asylum; unable or unwilling to protect; police failure to solve crime; police ignoring reporting; single mothers; nexus; relocation; fear of gangs; family based particular social group; Honduras

Pastor-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-3104 (6th Cir. Oct. 17, 2025)

• motion to reopen to apply for voluntary departure; affidavit swearing that passport application is pending; conclusory affidavit; prima facie case to relief

Ani v. Bondi, No. 24-2339 (9th Cir. Oct. 16, 2025)

• adverse credibility; Alam; marriage fraud; denying asylum based on fraud to obtain different immigration benefits

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United States v. Rivera-Valdes, No. 21-30177 (9th Cir. Sep. 18, 2025) (en banc)

• notice reasonably calculated to reach noncitizen; due process; fundamental fairness; in absentia reopening; incorrect address in OSC

Matter of J-H-M-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 278 (BIA 2025)

• DHS stipulations not binding; CAT; transgender women in Honduras

Vergara Castellar v. Bondi, No. 24-2930 (7th Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)

• appealing in absentia order of removal before filing a motion to reopen

Jimenez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-9573 (10th Cir. Oct. 7, 2025)

• political opinion; fear of mafia leader; nexus; relocation; unwilling or unable to protect; death threats; failure to report; Colombia

Villalta Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-115 (2d Cir. Oct. 8, 2025)

• CAT gang tattoo claims; Dr. Thomas Boerman; El Salvador’s state of exception; torturing prisoners; country condition reports specific enough; intentional prison overcrowding; rejecting claims by El Salvador’s Human Rights Ombudsman; lawful sanction under local law cannot defeat CAT

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Uc Encarnacion v. Bondi, No. 22-1601 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025)

• fugitive disentitlement doctrine; adverse credibility; demeanor not reliable; omissions; experts to use in Mexico CAT claims; OIL abandoning issue in vague footnote; Mexican mental health facilities; particularized risk of torture not overly burdensome 

Maurice v. Bondi, No. 21-1395 (1st Cir. Oct. 2, 2025)

• adjustment of status; uncorroborated police reports; failure to follow BIA precedent; uncorroborated police reports to deny discretionary relief; Arreguin; unique stop time rule arguments; Rosa; fundamental fairness

Amos v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 22-2095 (3d Cir. Oct. 1, 2025)

• due process; right to interpreter; credibility; particularly serious crime — no step two without meeting the step one elements analysis, and conspiracy; N-A-M-; exhaustion; error to deny CAT claim based on speculation; failure to identify attackers not fatal; CAT corroboration requirements; flight to Canada and return as applicant for admission; stand alone § 212(h) waiver

United States v. Campbell, No. 23-6186 (10th Cir. Sept. 30, 2025)

• Oklahoma armed robbery; Borden; realistic probability test satisfied by the text; looking to similar out-of-state statutes and decisions; recklessness

Rangel-Fuentes v. Bondi, No. 23-9511 (10th Cir. Sept. 29, 2025)

• no deference; Loper Bright; qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus

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Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi, No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• motion to accept late-filed brief; inadvertently filing BIA brief on immigration court rather than BIA ECAS docket; BIA failure to explain itself; reasoned decision

Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi, No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• past persecution; unfulfilled threats; land dispute; extraordinary circumstances to excuse one-year asylum filing deadline; jurisdiction; Guatemala

Matter of McDonald, 29 I&N Dec. 249 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; LPR cancellation of removal; balancing of equations N.Y. Pen. L. § 260.10(1)

Matter J-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 253 (BIA 2025)

• asylum eligibility even where not credible; CAT deferral; specific intent to torture; specific ECHR report; arrest not torture; Uzbekistan 

Matter of Frias Ulloa, 29 I&N Dec. 259 (BIA 2025)

• fentanyl isomers; N.J. Stat. Ann § 2C:35-5(b)(4); divisibility; modified categorical approach; Laguerre 

Matter of Cotrufo, 29 I&N Dec. 264 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; 18 year old having sex with a minor; state court opinions on dangerousness

Matter of L-A-L-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 269 (BIA 2025)

• imputed particular social group; perceived gang members; anti-gang political opinion; tattoos not immutable; Matter of E-A-G-; El Salvador 

Vargas-Rodriguez v. Bondi, No. 25-0261 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2025)

• in absentia motion to reopen; requirement to update immigration court with address; DHS failure to file NTA in time; compliant NTA

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Fleurimond v. Bondi, No. 24-1913 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)

• CAT protection; low level prison guards and conditions in Haiti; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture; purpose

Matter of Landers, 29 I&N Dec. 240 (BIA 2025)

• disbarment of immigration attorney; practice of law; preparation of law; similar filings

Guzman-Torralva v. Bondi, No. 25-0259 (6th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)

• in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; prima facie eligibility for cancellation

Teles de Menezes v. Rubio, No. 24-1253 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)

• age out; CSPA; 8 U.S.C. § 1151(f)(2); F2A and F1; statutory interpretation; naturalization during visa pendency; legislative history 

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Hewitt v. United States, No. 23-1002 (U.S. June 26, 2025)

• vacated conviction; statutory interpretation; First Step Act

Matter of Garcia-Flores, 29 I&N Dec. 230 (BIA 2025)

• overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; considering credibility of criminal court witnesses; sexual crimes against minors

Matter of H-A-A-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 233 (BIA 2025)

•  pretermitting asylum application; prima facie case for relief; extortion; material issue of fact

Myers v. Bondi, No. 23-3286 (8th Cir. Sept. 8, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; custody; child; VAWA provisions for children; material issue of fact

Garcia Morin v. Bondi, No. 24-60590 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2025)

• motion to reopen; equitable tolling of time bar; claims processing rule

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Ozurumba v. Bondi, No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025)

• material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria

Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025)

• family based particular social group; L-E-A-; rulemaking; social distinction

Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025)

• domestic violence; gender; particular social group; unable or unwilling to protect; A-B-; rulemaking 

Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)

• mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation 

Matter of Dobrotvorskii, 29 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 2025).

• bond; flight risk; sponsor; DHS bond burden not really a burden

McDougall v. Bondi, No. 231722 (4th Cir. Sept. 5, 2025)

• CAT; ignoring evidence; ignoring claim in cumulative analysis’ mental health; race; physical disability; Guyana

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O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)

• family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus

Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)

• certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or reconsider; five-year lawsuit deadline

Matter of J-A-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 195 (BIA 2025)

• continuance of individual hearing; new forms of relief; prima facie eligibility; dilatory tactics; diligence

Lopez Cano v. Bondi, No. 22-1941 (1st Cir. Aug. 28, 2025)

• cancellation; economic hardship; anxiety; nexus

Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi, No. 23-1412 (1st Cir. Aug. 29, 2025)

• hardship; allergies; “evaluated all evidence of record”; boilerplate language

Abdulla v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1167 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; Loper Bright; untimely BIA appeal and self-certification; exhaustion; definition of the term “when”; prior panel rule

Ibarra-Perez v. United States, No. 24-631 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• FTCA; jurisdiction; illegal third-country removal; INA § 242(g)

Lopez v. Bondi, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2025) (denial of en banc rehearing)

• Loper Bright; star decisis; CIMT definition; invalidating prior precedent

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Moncada v. Rubio, No. 23-55803 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2025)

• birthright citizenship; diplomatic immunity; consul; attaché; Blue List; Department of State certificate of immunity; Wong Kim Ark

Matter of Buri Mora, 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025)

• extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism in qualifying relative; qualifying relative ability to obtain state benefits and Medicaid

Matter of O-Y-A-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 190 (BIA 2025)

• CAT; counterintelligence officer; EU sanction; IJ factual error; Venezuela 

Matter of G-C-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)

• credibility; continuances; corroboration; implausibility; generalized country conditions; Georgia

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