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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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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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