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• Mahdawi v. Trump, 2026 WL 2090981 (2d Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)
• Suri v. Trump, 2026 WL 2123557 (4th Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)
• Fuentes v. USCIS (4th Cir. July 24, 2026) – SIJ, statutory interpretation, and parental benefits

Rana v. Blanche, No. 25-1862 (1st Cir. July 23, 2026)

• M-A-M-; mental health safeguards and credibility; indicia of incompetency; IJ affirmative duty; Maoists; Nepal

Matter of H-L-S-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2026)

• no past torture; CAT; Mexico; Guatemala; Latin Kings; MS-13; clear error; expert testimony

Matter of A-G-O-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 772 (BIA 2026)

• humanitarian asylum; particularity; Brazilian children; relocation; abandoned children; police reporting harm; police arresting perpetrators for other crimes; C-G-T-

Matter of Y-S-P-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 776 (BIA 2026)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for § 212(h) waiver; discretion with sexual crimes; extreme hardship

Matter of Lopez Rico, 29 I&N Dec. 780 (BIA 2026)

• unlawful voting; INA § 237(a)(3)(D); 18 U.S.C. § 611(a); DHS burdens; pleading the Fifth; discretion

Matter of L-F-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 787 (BIA 2026)

• annual asylum fee; abandonment of asylum; scheduling orders; enforcing filing deadlines; statutory interpretation; plain language of the statute; OBBBA

Garcia Demetrio, et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-991 (9th Cir. July 20, 2026)

• age and immutability; particular social group; mother of adolescents; single mothers; nexus reviewed de novo; Mexico

Diaz-Boyzo v. Blanche, No. 17-72894 (9th Cir. July 23, 2026)

• crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect divisibility; enhancement; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.160(1)(a), (3)(c); criminal negligence

Torres-Casas v. Blanche, No. 25-172 (9th Cir. July 22, 2026)

• qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; predictive findings; remanding non-LPR cancellation denials pending at the BIA; hardship

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Fulton v. Mullin, et al., No. 25-194 (2d Cir. July 14, 2026)

• habeas; release pending appeal; Mapp; end stage renal disease

Matter of N-E-R-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 753 (BIA 2026)

• ACA with Ecuador; implementing agreement; interlocutory appeal

Matter of E-A-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 746 (BIA 2026)

• IJs cannot consider anything when DHS makes an asylum pretermission motion based on ACA with Ecuador; DHS failure to comply with IJ scheduling order

Matter of L-R-M-C- & V-A-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2026)

• Lozada compliance; ineffective assistance of counsel; requirement to provide contents of bar complaint and proof of filing

Matter of Lopez-Davila, 29 I&N Dec. 763 (BIA 2026)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Ige presumption that child will join parent abroad; foster care not bad enough; nonparent can care for child

Burey v. Blanche, No. 25-1869 (4th Cir. July 14, 2026)

• VAWA motion to reopen deadline; ECAS and filing window rejection; failure to file I-360 before moving to reopen not fatal; attorney affidavit; deadline to file motion to reopen possible begins after appeal period ends

Flores-Turcios v. Blanche, No. 24-1338 (4th Cir. July 16, 2026)

• nexus; gang recruitment; extortion; CAT review – fact and law; Guatemala

Montesinos Cisneros v. Blanche, No. 23-1090 (4th Cir. July 17, 2026)

• admitted in any status; LPR cancellation of removal; DED; admission; statutory interpretation; lawful and unlawful status

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Aguilar-Villalobos v. Blanche, No. 23-6899 (2d Cir. July 8, 2026)

• adverse credibility; inconsistency; El Salvador’s State of Exception; intentionally horrendous prison conditions; prison as torture; CAT

Matter of R-A-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026)

• forced military conscription; atrocities; well-founded fear of persecution; nexus; Russia

Lopez-Lopez v. Blanche, No. 25-1924 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026)

• issue exhaustion 

Guevara Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1429 (4th Cir. July 8, 2026)

• elements based approach to particularly serious crime analysis; Virginia assault and battery against a family member; credibility; CAT; El Salvador

Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2037 (4th Cir. July 9, 2026)

• embezzlement; Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-111; fraud or deceit definitions; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); concealment; categorical approach; I-130 continuance  

Andric v. Blanche, No. 25-1448 (7th Cir. July 1, 2026)

• Serbian soccer players; particular social group waiver; employment immutability; nexus; IJ including boilerplate legal addendum

E.E.V., et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-2256 (7th Cir. July 6, 2026)

• jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling and reliance on old precedent; timeliness; substantive PFR challenge not required; venue

Sarr v. Blanche, No. 24-5264 (9th Cir. July 7, 2026)

• particularly serious crime; drug trafficking crime; Y-L- presumption; Loper Bright; star decisis

Menjivar-Ayala, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4562 (9th Cir. July 9, 2026)

• ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration; presumption of prejudice ; courtesy copy on noncitizen; reliance on immigration attorney

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Trump v. Barbara, et al., No. 25-365 (U.S. June 30, 2026)

• birthright citizenship; history; Second Founding

Sosnava Rodriguez, et al. v. Mullin, et al., No. 26-50183 (5th Cir. July 2, 2026)

• procedural and substantive due; right to a bond hearing after 90 days; Mathews; fundamental liberty interest for noncitizens; EWI detention; mandatory detention

Matter of T-D-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 732 (BIA 2026)

• credibility; clear error; failure to disclose military service in DS-160; fraud to enter U.S.; corroboration; prior false testimony; Burkina Faso

Matter of Vizcaino Aybar, 29 I&N Dec. 736 (BIA 2026)

• bond; venue; jurisdiction

Riley v. Blanche, No. 22-1609 (4th Cir. July 2, 2026)

• withholding-only review; jurisdiction; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal; clear error; BIA fact finding; BIA stating standard but not applying it

Rivera-Mendoza, et. al v. Blanche, No. 21-70107 (9th Cir. June 25, 2026)

• child endangerment; statutory interpretation; Congressional intent; Cal. Pen. Code § 273a(a); Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.545(1); crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Loper Bright; criminal negligence mens rea; actus reas; dictionaries; general intent crimes 

Morris v. Blanche, No. 25-3084 (6th Cir. June 25, 2026)

• firearms offense; motion to reopen; motion to reconsider; ineffective assistance of counsel; jurisdiction as a sword; concessions of counsel; strict Lozada compliance; proof of mailing

Santillan Quiroz v. Mullin, No. 26-6019 (10th Cir. June 30, 2026)

• no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); § 236(a); § 236(c); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; statutory interpretation; longstanding agency interpretation; legislative history; use of the word “otherwise”; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncitizens

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Blanche v. Lau, No. 25-429 (U.S. June 23, 2026)

• applicant for admission; returning LPR; parole

Mullin v. Doe (Miot), No. 25-1083 (U.S. June 25, 2026)

• TPS; jurisdiction; determination; termination; preliminary relief; equal protection  

Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, No. 25-5 (U.S. June 25, 2026)

• canon against surplusage; presumption against extraterritoriality

Garcia Corrales v. Blanche, No. 24-6467 (9th Cir. June 24, 2026)

• motion to reopen dismissal for untimely appeal; mailing delay; new evidence; motion to reconsider not only way to challenge dismissal

Hayles v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-10516 (11th Cir. June 22, 2026)

• petition for review CAT; FARO; Riley; frivolous PFR; jurisdiction; brief cannot cure jurisdictional deficient PFR

Matter of P-A-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 708 (BIA 2026)

• discretionary denial of asylum where withholding of removal granted; multiple DUIs; fraud as negative discretionary factor for asylum
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Matter of T-A-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 715 (BIA 2026)

• ACA pretermitting asylum application; collateral relief; pending I-130

Matter of Best, 29 I&N Dec. 723 (BIA 2026)

• extreme hardship; § 212(h) waiver; discretion; arrests and convictions

Matter of C-L-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 726 (BIA 2026)

• M-A-M- safeguards; qualified representative; refusal to sell drugs; mental health claims in Honduras

Matter of G-L-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 717 (BIA 2026)

• drug delivery and particularly serious crime; N-A-M- element one; nature of the offense; Penn. Cons. Stat. § 780-113(a)(30); transgender women in Jamaica; United Kingdom’s Home Office reports

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Baro v. Blanche, No. 25-3894 (6th Cir. June 16, 2026)

• 30-day deadline to appeal to the BIA; claims processing rule; equitable tolling; health crisis; difficulty in finding an attorney; diligence

Alves-Pains v. Blanche, No. 24-1895 (1st Cir. June 18, 2026)

• particularly social group articulation; women unable to leave; nuclear family +; reconsideration 

Matter of A-C-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 703 (BIA 2026)

• ACA agreements; safe third country; evidentiary hearing; continuances; individualized risk; interlocutory appeal

Matter of Y-H-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 698 (BIA 2026) 

• forced abortion in China; asylum officer testimony regarding pattern of fraud; opportunity to explain onconsistencies; corbboration requirement; ineffective assistance of counsel and translation issues in documents
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Laureano v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2433 (3d Cir. May 29, 2026)

• petition for review withholding of removal; reinstatement; Riley; Matter of Y-L- presumption

Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 691 (BIA 2026)

• stay pending motion to reopen; requirement to file stay with DHS first; procedural rules; administrative efficiency; power to create discretionary policies

Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 695 (BIA 2026)

• sua sponte motion to reopen; equities acquired post-removal order

Dodaj v. Blanche, No. 25-3409 (6th Cir. June 8, 2026)

• LPR cancellation of removal; BIA reweighing evidence; waiver of removability argument; HYTA youth conviction in Michigan as a minor

Senatus v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-10514 (11th Cir. June 8, 2026)

• Borden; crime of violence; recklessness; Fla. Stat. § 784.021(a); Somers; Florida Supreme Court change in law tells what statute always meant; favorable exhaustion standard

Tiah v. Blanche, No. 24-2010 (8th Cir. June 8, 2026)

• INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(ii); violation of a protective order; circumstance specific approach; no requirement to submit violation; N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31.2-02

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Alvarado-Paz v. Blanche, No. 25-1119 (4th Cir. June 1, 2026)

• nexus; BIA missing particular social groups; Salvadoran women; substantial evidence review; CAT assessment; asserting correct particular social groups before IJ

Uddin v. Blanche, No. 24-1067 (4th Cir. June 5, 2026)

• crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); sexual images of children on filing sharing platform; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(iii); review of criminal elements at time of actions and not conviction

Matter of N-A-G-C-, 29 I&N Dec 662 (BIA 2026)

• mandatory detention; SIJ; Hurtado

Matter of Mills, 29 I&N Dec. 668 (BIA 2026)

• LPR cancellation of removal; discretionary balancing of factors; criminal history; longtime residence; crimes against persons; going behind record of conviction 

Matter of J-O-A-, 29 I&N Dec 672 (BIA 2026)

• particularly serious crime and fraud or deceit; health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347; N-A-M- analysis; kidnapping CAT; Nigeria

Matter of S-E-M-Z-, 29 I&N Dec 680 (BIA 2026)

• nationwide social distinction; family-based particular social group; gang recruitment; but-for nexus standard

Perez-Castillo v. Blanche, No. 25-1988 (7th Cir. June 1, 2026)

• AI use in legal briefs; sanctioning attorneys; contract attorneys; ghost writing fake citations; battery in violation of 720 ILCS 5/12-3(a)(1); crime of domestic violence; hardship; waiving  dispositive argument

Lnu, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4790 (9th Cir. June 3, 2026)

• AI use in legal briefs; sanctioning attorneys; contract attorneys; ghost writing fake citations; candor to the court

Bonilla-Espinoza v. Blanche, No. 25-9552 (10th Cir. June 1, 2026)

• untimely motion to reopen; equitable tolling; diligence; new evidence in affidavit; extraordinary circumstances; BIA reasoned decision making requirement 

Muchiri v. Blanche, No. 25-1340 (1st Cir. June 3, 2026)

• BIA failure to consider arguments; ethnicity; family-status claims; Mungiki; Kenya

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