Immigration Review

By Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. ([email protected])

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Number 1: Ep. 330 - Precedential Decisions: 8/17/2026 - 08/23/2026 (prohibiting the export of goods; firearms to Haiti; derivative citizenship; constructive presence; number bar to motion to reopen; aggravated felony theft offense; immigration conviction)
Olibris v. Blanche, No. 25-60322 (5th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026)INA § 237(a)(4)(A)(i); prohibiting the export of goods; firearms to Haiti; 18 U.S.C. § 554; cannot of noscitur a sociis Guerra Quezada, et al. v. United States, No. 25-10372 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)derivative citizenship; constructive presence; Matter of Navarrete Matter of M-M-L-J-, 29 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2026)number bar to motion to reopen; statutory interpretation; no equitable tolling of number bar; sua sponte Ramdial v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 25-10093 (11th Cir. Aug. 21, 2026)aggravated felony theft offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); robbery by sudden snatching in violation of Fla. Stat. § 812.131(1); without consent; de minimus taking; divisibility; elements vs means; intent to deprive Wong v. Blanche, No. 22-6185 (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)definition of immigration conviction; disorderly persons theft by deception – N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-4; Apprendi; sentence; formal adjudication of guilt; Loper Bright PopPopuli! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com. Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me! Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show
August 25, 202639min
Number 2: Ep. 332 - Precedential Decisions: 8/31/2026 - 09/6/2026 (holistic CAT; State of Exception; credibility; no-notice & change of law; Venezuela asylum; robbery; withholding review; CIMT; child abuse; Circumvention of Lawful Pathways; amending pleadings)
Parada Calderon v. Blanche, No. 25-2204 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)holistic approach to CAT claims; no quantitative statistical analysis required; expert evidence on El Salvador’s State of Exception; failure to give expert reports reasoned consideration; new evidence for motion to reopen; prima facie standard Mbueno-Vita, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-5472 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)approximate testimony about injuries is not inconsistent; omissions cannot equate to adverse credibility on their own; Alam; IJ failure to consider plausible alternatives; particularized risk of torture shown where evidence shows noncitizen’s group is tortured; no relocation when in hiding; UNITA Party in Angola; CAT Matter of A-Q-R-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 865 (BIA 2026)credibility; inconsistencies; credible fear interview; dates; Taliban; Afghanistan Matter of Diji, 30 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2026) (en banc)no-notice motion to reopen; in absentia; failure to receive NTA; Matter of G-Y-R-; obligation to update address Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2026)Maduro’s capture; change in power equates to changed country conditions; asylum from Venezuela; one year bar; administrative notice by the BIA United States v. Benavidez, No. 25-2497 (8th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)Tex. Pen. Code § 29.02(a); crime of violence; Borden; recklessness; robbery Sebastian-Perez v. Blanche, No. 25-1691 (8th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)no jurisdiction to review no reasonable fear finding; Riley; reinstatement B.P. v. Blanche, No. 25-2778 (8th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling Espinoza Benitez v. Blanche, No. 25-2029 (1st Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; asthma Dziedziach v. Blanche, No. 23-6837 (2d. Cir. Aug. 31, 2026)CIMT committed after five years of admission; Loper bright; conspiracy to retaliate against witnesses and parties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b); intent; star decisis; aggravating factor; CIMT definition constitutional Aristy-Rosa v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1490 (3d Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)motion to reopen; Minter; change in law; equitable tolling for motion to reconsider; sue sponte; Judge Bove Reynoso-Salgado v. Blanche, No. 23-2628 (7th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)child abuse; non-LPR cancellation of removal; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 948.21(1); child neglect; Loper Bright; culpable mental state; unitary concept Garcia Morales, et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-1760 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026)Circumvention of Lawful Pathways Rule; INA § 242(f); invalid presumption bar to relief; asylum; statutory interpretation; absurd results canon; but-for nexus; mixed motive; gang extortion; Guatemala Urias-Gaxiola v. Blanche, No. 22-1474 (9th Cir. Sept. 2, 2026)amending pleadings in immigration court for factual error; Matter of Velasquez; IJ refusal to hear testimony; border crossing card; motion to remand; procedurally lawful admission; Quilantan Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com. Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me! Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITS See Eps. 1-200 Support the show
September 08, 20261h 28min
Number 3: Ep. 331 - Precedential Decisions: 8/24/2026 - 08/30/2026 (conviction vacatur; Pickering; attorney suspension; bond - withholding grant, & for EWIs; civil fines; due process notice; persecution; untimely asylum; CAT - Salvadoran prisons; mootness)
Yanez Piedra v. Blanche, No. 25-1258 (4th Cir. Aug. 24, 2026)conviction vacatur; Pickering; statutory interpretation; plain text; voluntary departure; Hewitt; star decisis; Loper Bright Matter of Jones, 29 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2026)definition of attorney; 8 C.F.R. § 1001.1(f); indefinite suspension Matter of W-F-D-, 29 I&N Dec. 854 (BIA 2026)bond; jurisdiction; withholding of removal and CAT; IJ has no authority post-final order of removal; DHS custody redetermination Matter of R-P-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 859 (BIA 2026)civil fines; voluntary departure; notice and warnings Ricardo Jacques v. Blanche, No. 23-3015 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)DHS service of appeal notice; due process; prejudice; Rivera-Valdes; drug trafficking aggravated felony; Y-L-; Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-8(1)(a)(iii) misdemeanor Pereira Alves v. Blanche, No. 24-1686 (1st Cir Aug. 24, 2026)past persecution; targeting family because of criminal brothers; similarly situated to family member granted asylum Bromfield v. Blanche, No. 25-1556 (1st Cir. Aug. 25, 2026)false claim to citizenship; Patel; jurisdiction; discretionary denial of adjustment of status; family of police officer particular social group; demeanor; withholding of removal despite adverse credibility; Jamaica Mejia-Henriquez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-2184 (3d Cir. Aug. 25, 2026)removal of CAT petitioner moots PFR; MS-13 as terrorist organization; inability to facilitate return from foreign prison; Kilmer Abrego Garcia; ICE Directive 11061.1; OIL not bound by prior arguments Buele Morocho, et al. v. Warden Philadelphia FDC, et al., No. 26-1150 (3d Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)statutory interpretation; 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; due process Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com. Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me! Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager DISCLAIMER & CREDITS See Eps. 1-200 Support the show
September 01, 20261h 5min
Number 4: Ep. 329 - Precedential Decisions: 8/10/2026 - 08/16/2026 (INA 101(a)(43)(S); EWI detention; sentence clarifications; advance parole; right to counsel; stays; DV asylum; CIMT; child abuse; former police; family PSG; review post-reinstatement; MS-13 fears)
Bangs v. Blanche, No. 25-1820 (1st Cir. Aug. 11, 2026)witness tampering in violation of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:5(II); obstruction of justice; categorical approach; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Pugin; intent to interfere with legal process Guerrero Orellana v. Moniz, et al., No. 25-2152 (1st Cir. Aug. 13, 2026)class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity Matter of Boye, 29 I&N Dec. 826 (BIA 2026)ignoring sentence clarifications where state court judge does not cite to governing statute and clarifies untimely; term of imprisonment; O.G.C.A. § 16-5-23.1(f) Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026)departure; statutory interpretation advance parole; Arrabally and Yerrabelly; sua sponte motion to reopen; retroactivity Matter of A-K-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 839 (BIA 2026)right to counsel; pro se; continuances Aristy-Rosa v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1490 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)stays of removal; Nken; Executive interests; Minter Matias-Pablo v. Blanche, No. 25-2021 (8th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)Guatemalan females; domestic violence type asylum; CAT; acquiescence; police observing and doing nothing insufficient; El Salvador Ademola v. Blanche, No. 25-60475 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)CIMT; willfully and knowingly using a forged or counterfeit Nigerian passport to open a bank account in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1543; returning LPR Lopez-Barrera v. Blanche, No. 25-60302 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)adverse credibility; MS-13 affiliates; border interviews and inconsistencies; jurisdiction; Kucana ; CAT; particularized evidence; El Salvador Gonzalez-Godinez v. Blanche, No. 19-71322 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026)crime of child abuse; mens rea; actus reus; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.670 – using a child in a display of sexually explicit content Adame Garcia v. Blanche, No. 16-71147 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026)crime of child abuse; mens rea; actus reus; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Cal. Pen. Code § 288.2(b) – distribution of harmful matter to a minor Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche, No. 25-557 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026)nexus; former police officers; personal retribution; call for en banc by Judges Bea and Desai Orellana-Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2320 (4th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026)family group; particular social group; nexus; mixed motive and personal disputes; Chenery tension with APA Navarro Cerritos v. Blanche, No. 23-1897 (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026)withholding-only review; Riley; jurisdiction; reinstatement; extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling when law changes; disregarding expert testimony; family members living safely in country doesn’t undermine nexus; “Individuals in El Salvador Who Witness and Report Crimes by MS-13 to the Police”; social distinction; particularity; Henriquez-Rivas; exhaustion; CAT analysis in the aggregate; IJ not applying stated standard; unrebutted affidavits; relocation; acquiescence Guest Hosts from Last Week!Elizabeth MontanoHomero Ló[email protected] me to Donate to ISLAAndrea Sáenzhttps://cocounsel.org/donate/ Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me! Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show
August 18, 20261h 19min
Number 5: Ep. 327 - Precedential Decisions: 7/27/2026 - 08/2/2026 (class action; no EWI mandatory detention; flight risk, relief & speculation; good moral character & alien smuggling; Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5 & crime of violence; suppression; sua sponte & vacatur)
Rodriguez Vazquez, et al. v. Bostock, et al., No. 25-6842 (9th Cir. July 30, 2026)class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity Cirrus Rojas v. Olson, et al., No. 25-3127 (7th Cir. July 30, 2026)mootness; deemed; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text Matter of A-L-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2026)bond; flight risk; speculative relief; clear error review; long time residence and employment in U.S. as negative factors for bond Matter of L-L-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 2026)good moral character; possibly alien smuggling even if dropped off at the border; Al Otro Lado; INA § 101(f)(3); Matter of A-W-M-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 805 (BIA 2026)bond; flight risk; USCIS decision as evidence; speculative relief; suspected human right violations; Afghanistan United States v. Lopez, No. 24-3268 (9th Cir. July 28, 2026) Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5; crime of violence; Borden; Gomez; mens rea and use of force; recklessness; general intent crimes; assault; battery; use of “willful” in statute not determinative Perez-Hernandez v. Blanche, No. 25-3592 (6th Cir. July 28, 2026)motion to suppress; egregious constitutional violate; race-based stop; Miranda warnings; intra familial dispute in Guatemala; nexus; relocation for CAT Kim v. Blanche, No. 24-2042 (1st Cir. July 30, 2026)sua sponte motion to reopen; conviction vacatur; citation to vacatur statute alone sufficient to establish procedural or substantive defect; Super. Ct. R. Crim P. 11 Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me! Want to become a patron?Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show
August 04, 202652min