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Matter of E-A-S-O-, 29 I&N Dec. 422 (BIA 2026)

• particularly serious crime; N-A-M-; no misdemeanor presumption; Matter of Juarez; D.C. Code § 22-3010.01 sexual abuse of a minor; discretion; weighing hardship in discretionary analysis 

Matter of Laurent Castro, 29 I&N Dec. 419 (BIA 2026)

• in absentia; interlocutory appeal; “shall”; notice

Bonilla-Espinoza v. Bondi, No. 24-9566 (10th Cir. Jan. 27, 2026)

• nexus; imputed gang member; exhaustion; due process; IJ failure to develop the record; translation issues; State of Exception; El Salvador 

Banyee  v. Bondi, No. 24-3590 (8th Cir. Jan. 29, 2026)

• attempted theft; INA § 101(A)(43)(G)/(U); robbery in violation of North Dakota Century Code § 12.1-22-01; categorical approach; realistic probability test; unambiguous statute; lesser included offense

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Guevara-Serrano, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-4420 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2026)  

• unable or unwilling to protect; no police reporting requirement; Burbano; uncontradicted testimony; domestic violence; gangs; Honduras  

Matter of S-M-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 412 (BIA 2026) 

• frivolous asylum filing warning; dual citizenship; materiality; written warnings

United States v. Singer, No. 23-6120 (10th Cir. Jan. 23, 2026) 

• crime of violence; unborn persons; fetus; statutory interpretation; legislative silence; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 645 

Fortes Tomar v. Bondi, No. 24-2108 (1st Cir. Jan. 23, 2026) 

• CIMT; lewd; sexual intent; Mass. Gen. L., ch. 272, § 16; unpublished state case to satisfy realistic probability test; PFR grant without remand 

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United States v. Ramiro Gomez, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) (en banc) 

• crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea; Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52; plain error 

Matter of D-G-B-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 392 (BIA 2026) 

• serious non political crime; drug trafficking activity; duress; statutory interpretation; Neguise; CAT; Sinaloa cartel; domestic violence; acquiesce; insufficient police reporting 

Matter of Laparra-Deleon, 29 I&N Dec. 389 (BIA 2026)  

• deficient NTA; in absentia motions to reopen; Campos Chavez 

Matter of M-C-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 401 (BIA 2026) 

• INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; fraud or willful misrepresentation; INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(i); military service during Bosnian War; discretion; history of untruthfulness; adverse inference from invoking Fifth Amendment; family ties must outweigh fraud 

Mukantagara, et al. v. Noem, et al., No. 24-4071 (10th Cir. Jan. 12, 2026)  

• discretion; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 207(c)(4); termination of asylum status; Rwanda genocide 

Fuentes-Pineda v. Bondi, No. 24-60592 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2026) and  

Sayegh de Kewayfati, et al. v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-20073 (5th Cir. Jan 14, 2025) 

• prison conditions; state of exception; former gang members; past torture; Amnesty International reports; El Salvador 
• jurisdiction for APA lawsuit over denial of affirmative asylum application; TPS 

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United States v. Ferguson, No. 24-2178 (8th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026)

• cocaine isomers; divisibility; modified categorical approach; realistic probability test; Arkansas; Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-401(a)(1)(A)(i)

Fofana v. Noem, et al., No. 24-2485 (8th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026)

• jurisdiction; Patel; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); asylee adjustment; “any decision”

Aguilar-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-2427 (8th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026)

• domestic violence-type asylum; one central reason; women; acquiescence; Guatemala

Gutierrez-Mikan, et al v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-13788 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2026)

• ineffective assistance of counsel; Loper Bright & Lozada; substantial compliance; CAT; acquiescence; FARC; Colombia

Savane v. DHS, et al., No. 24-3286 (3d Cir. Jan. 7, 2026)

• material misrepresentation; naturalization; willful; diversity visa lottery; DS-230 omissions; omitting children from application; public charge; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(a)(2); lawfully admitted for permanent residence 

Matter of E-M-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 379 (BIA 2026)

• death threats; past persecution; journalists; Peru 

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Matter of Ghanbari, 29 I&N Dec. 376 (BIA 2025)

• bond; mandatory detention; material support to a terrorist organization; propaganda; non-violent conduct

Ramos-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 25-1038 (1st Cir. Dec. 22, 2025)

• asylum; withholding of removal; Guatemala; particular social group; family-based; business ownership; persecution; isolated events

Campuzano v. Bondi, No. 24-60575 (5th Cir. Dec. 22, 2025)

• authentication of criminal records; INA § 240(c)(3)(C); crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); categorical approach; modified categorical approach

Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 23-1095 (9th Cir. Dec. 22, 2025)

• jurisdiction; extraordinary circumstances; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); one-year filing deadline; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D); mixed questions; discretion; asylum; withholding of removal; administrative closure

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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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