Top of the Ninth: Part two: DACA

Top of the Ninth: Part two: DACA

Nov 09, 2018

This past week, the Ninth Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction enjoining the Trump Administration ...

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Top of the Ninth: Convention Against Torture (CAT) and 245k

Top of the Ninth: Convention Against Torture (CAT) and 245k

Nov 02, 2018

This week I am blogging from the AILA California Chapters’ Conference in San Diego. I am so happy ...

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Top of the Ninth: Critique of the profession by Rachel Bloom

Top of the Ninth: Critique of the profession by Rachel Bloom

Oct 26, 2018

This week was very quiet in immigration law. Nothing came down from the Ninth Circuit, the Board of ...

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Top of the Ninth: UACs and Persecutor bar

Top of the Ninth: UACs and Persecutor bar

Oct 19, 2018

Who wakes up in the morning and says to themselves, "How can I make life even more difficult for the...

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Top of the Ninth: Mandatory Detention

Top of the Ninth: Mandatory Detention

Oct 12, 2018

This week after a very busy week at work, and I was quite pleasantly surprised that no immigration c...

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Top of the Ninth: Injunctions and 18.5

Top of the Ninth: Injunctions and 18.5

Oct 05, 2018

It’s been such an interesting week to be practicing immigration law in California. The Northern Di...

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Top of the Ninth: The Travel Act & Lawful Permanent Resident Cancellation

Top of the Ninth: The Travel Act & Lawful Permanent Resident Cancellation

Sep 28, 2018

This week the Ninth Circuit held that a federal conviction under the Travel Act may be a federally c...

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Top of the Ninth: Continuances and Suppression

Top of the Ninth: Continuances and Suppression

Sep 21, 2018

Jeff Sessions issued a decision this week limiting the discretion of Immigration Judges to terminate...

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Top of the Ninth: Obstruction of Justice and Reasonable Fear

Top of the Ninth: Obstruction of Justice and Reasonable Fear

Sep 14, 2018

This week the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) redefined the term "obstruction of justice" and rea...

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