Matter of Tepec-Garcia, 29 I&N Dec. 371 (BIA 2025)

• termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage 

Matter of L-A-G-B-, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• Panama cartels; CAT; snitches; series of suppositions 

Matter of Kim, 29 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2025)

• LPR cancellation of removal; discretion; criminal history; South Korea

Matter of Lema Mizhirumbay, 29 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; weighing factors; criminal history; OSHA violations

Matter of N-P-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 347 (BIA 2025)

• de novo; well-founded fear; ability to freely leave country; pretextual summons; Moldova

Matter of Rodriguez Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 358 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; threats; false claim to citizenship; victim affidavits; dismissed criminal charges

Matter of Palma-Olvera, 29 I&N Dec. 355 (BIA 2025)

• good moral character; DUI; Castollo-Perez; rebutting presumption

Sanik Herrera v. Bondi, No. 25-3207 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2025)

• motion to reopen; exhaustion; due process; sua sponte

Liao v. Bondi, No. 25-60427 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2025)

• untimely petition for review; mandatory claims processing rule; Riley; prison mailbox rule; affidavits

Matter of L-T-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 362 (BIA 2025) 

• firm resettlement; some other type of permanent resettlement; A-G-G-

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Osabas-Rivera v. Bondi, No. 25-3168 (6th Cir. Dec. 8, 2025)

• untimely asylum filing; jurisdiction; satisfaction of the attorney general; exhaustion

Matter of Jimenez-Ayala, 29 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2025)

• LPR cancellation; discretion; insufficient rehabilitation; use of meth

Matter of W-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 319 (BIA 2025)

• CAT; particularly serious crime; mental health; B-Z-R-; Haitian prisons; Brian Concannon; gang violence; acquiescence 

Matter of J-C-A-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 331 (BIA 2025)

• Mexican cartels; CAT; snitches; more likely than not; police; CJNG cartel; Sinaloa cartel

Matter of Dubon Miranda, 29 I&N Dec. 335 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; dismissed convictions; allegations against a child victim; DUI;  evasive testimony

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Pineda-Guerra v. Bondi, No. 25-3081 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025)

• change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; BIA abuse of discretion where requirements not contained in Practice Manual or regulations

Restrepo Castano v. Bondi, No. 24-2117 (1st Cir. Nov. 28, 2025)

• unable or unwilling to protect; fruitful police protection; phone threats; Gulf Clan; Colombia

Dor v. Bondi, No. 25-1278 (1st Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• controlled substance offense; comparison with CSA at time of conviction; Massachusetts marijuana; hemp

De La Cruz-Quispe v. Bondi, No. 25-1421 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2025)

• nexus; domestic violence type asylum claim; personal vendetta; Peru

Silva de Santiago v. Bondi, No. 25-60064 (5th Cir. Dec. 4, 2025)

• abuse of a child under New Mexico Revised Statute § 30-6-1(D); crime of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; exposing child to inclement weather; realistic probability test in the Fifth Circuit; stop time rule & INA § 212(a)(2)(B); LPR cancellation of removal

B. Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-815 (9th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• past persecution; beatings; threats; reasonable relocation in India; Law Library of Congress report; Mann Party; Sikh

Cristales-de Linares v. Bondi, No. 25-3152 (6th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• particularity; particular social group; women; employment and economic factors; failure to identify attackers; relocation; Tista-Ruiz; gangs; extortion; El Salvador

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Perez-Perez v. Bondi, No. 25-0315 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)

• qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; meaning of the phrase “would result”; Loper Bright; freezing age at time of IJ adjudication

Sarkisov v. Bondi, No. 25-0316 (6th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025)

• extraordinary circumstances for VAWA-based motions to reopen; mixed question of law and fact review; definition of extraordinary circumstances; psychological harm

Labrador Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 25-60646 (5th Cir. Nov. 26, 2025)

• stay of removal; Nken

B.G.S. v. Bondi, No. 23-6862 (2d Cir. Nov. 24, 2025)

• government acquiesce; MS-13; Guatemala; former gang members; tattoos; prison conditions; Green Light order; prison guard consent; speculation expected with CAT 

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Ramos Marquez v. Bondi, No. 24-1842 (4th Cir. Nov. 19, 2025) 

• unable or unwilling to protect; relocation; police failure to arrest; futile reporting to police; agency ignoring evidence; cherry picking; CAT; quiescence; MS-130; Honduras state of exception; country condition evidence in Honduras 

Matter of K-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 307 (BIA 2025) 

• unable or unwilling to protect; single incident where police fail to investigate; Sikh asylum; relocation in India 

Matter of B-S-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 313 (BIA 2025) 

• VAWA-based motion to reopen; motion to reconsider; number and temporal limitations on VAWA-based motions to reopen; prima facie VAWA letter 

Kazarian v. Bondi, No. 25-4427 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2025) 

• FRAP 3(c)(1)(B) and 15(a)(2)(C); attaching BIA decision to PFR; excusing appellate requirements for pro se noncitizens; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(c); FRAP not claims processing rule 

Luna-Corona v. Bondi, No. 24-9522 (10th Cir. Nov. 17, 2025) 

• good moral character; DUI; recidivist behavior; considering conduct outside statutory period 

McLean v. Bondi, No. 20-61098 (5th Cir. Nov. 20, 2025) 

• crime of violence aggravated felony; threatened use of force; divisibility; different punishments; 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1); influencing a federal official by threat

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Matter of Cahuec Tzalam, 29 I&N Dec. 300 (BIA 2025)

• Special Immigration Juvenile Status; administrative closure; requirement to establish prima facie eligibility; some foreseeable resolution; visa bulletin; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18(c)(3) 

Solis-Flores v. Bondi, No. 22-1147 (4th Cir. Nov. 13, 2025)

• receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test; Loper Bright; CIMT definition in the Fourth Circuit

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Daley v. Choate, et al., No. 24-1191 (10th Cir. Nov. 3, 2025)

• EAJA; habeas; sovereign immunity canon; Loper Bright; civil action; importance of habeas

Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 241464 (4th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025)

• false testimony; INA § 101(f)(6); BIA review of missed questions of law and fact; Wilkinson; Patel; jurisdiction; failure to disclose alias

Rosa Arevalo v. Bondi, Nos. 24-60349, 24-60620 (5th Cir. Nov. 5, 2025)

• Illinois law vacating criminal conviction for procedural or substantive defect; motion to reopen; due diligence; equitable tolling

Dominguez Reyes v. Bondi,  No. 25-60016 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)

• INA § 101(a)(43)(D) aggravated felony; circumstance specific approach; Matter of Babaisakov; tethered to offense; contesting forfeiture; profit not material

Calderon-Uresti v. Bondi, No. 24-60445 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)

• VAWA cancellation of removal; extreme cruelty; failure to corroborate credible testimony; exhaustion 

United States v. Miller, 23-13069 (11th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025)

• sentence enhancement; ACCA; Florida cocaine derivative; categorical approach point of comparison Iuflopane; drug definition at point of committing the offense

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United States v. Ford aka Caveman, No. 23-1400 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2025)

• crime of violence; kidnapping; inveigling; federal definition despite no cross reference to federal statute

Matter of C-I-G-M- & L-V-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 2025)

• third country removal; ACA with Honduras; Immigration Judge authority; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.11(h)

Chen, et al. v. Rubio, et al., No. 25-521 (2d Cir. Oct. 29, 2025)

• doctrine of consular nonreviewability; no constitutional right to live with parent or sibling; Munoz

Alfaro-Zelaya v. Bondi, No. 23-2069 (4th Cir. Oct. 31, 2025)

• failure to consider country condition evidence; femicide; gender-based claims in Honduras

Bastias v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-11416 (11th Cir. Oct. 30, 2025)

• INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i) crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; Fla. Stat. § 827.03(2)(d); Loper Bright and views of Judges Newsom, Marcus, and Middlebrooks 

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