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Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
The Fifth Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction against Texas’s S.B. 4, holding that the immigrant advocacy organizations lacked Article III standing because they voluntarily incurred costs to advocate for clients rather than suffering a concrete injury.…
The Ninth Circuit denied Lorena Vazquez-Trujillo's petition for review of her asylum and withholding of removal claims, ruling that her proposed social group lacks the required legal particularity. The court upheld the agency's finding that women of low socio-economic status in Mexico are too amorphous to constitute a cognizable particular social group.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that found a non-citizen ineligible for cancellation of removal due to violating a protection order. The court held that the categorical approach does not apply to such violations and affirmed that a police report reliably established the offense.
The Ninth Circuit denied Gurpreet Singh's petition for review of his asylum and withholding of removal claims because he failed to exhaust administrative remedies regarding an adverse credibility determination. The court further held that Singh lacked sufficient independent corroborating evidence to prove he faced a well-founded fear of persecution.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision rejecting a time-barred motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court upheld the BIA's finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate material changes in Guatemala's country conditions sufficient to trigger the statutory exception.
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded a district court order after intervening visa developments mooted the original delay claim. The appellate court directed the lower court to address new legal questions regarding administrative processing and a Presidential Proclamation refusal.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision rejecting an asylum claim based on the petitioner's status as a witness to crime or family member of a victim. The court held that the record failed to show Salvadoran society recognizes these categories as socially distinct particular social groups under controlling precedent.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order rejecting an asylum seeker's claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. The court held that the petitioner's due process arguments were either foreclosed by precedent or unexhausted, and his substantive asylum claims were unreviewable because they were not raised before the Board.
The Ninth Circuit denied Roneel Deo's petition for review, upholding the Board of Immigration Appeals' classification of his criminal threats conviction as a particularly serious crime. This ruling confirms Deo's ineligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The Ninth Circuit denied Longcai Chen's petition for review, upholding the Board of Immigration Appeals' adverse credibility determination regarding his asylum claims. The court found that Chen's false statements in a 2016 visa application, combined with his voluntary return to China and inconsistent testimony, provided substantial evidence to support the denial of relief.