Biden Administration Re-Introduces Prosecutorial Discretion to Close Out Immigration Court Deportation Cases
Jun 26, 2021
What Is Prosecutorial Discretion? A reminder that elections do matter: In a May 27, 2021 Memo, Pre...
Read More“I’ll Never Be Your Beast of Burden” (Unless You’re a Noncitizen) –Pereida v. Wilkinson
May 15, 2021
This past week the Supreme Court held that a noncitizen who is applying for cancellation of removal ...
Read MorePres. Biden Releases more Details on Immigration Reform for Undocumented, “The U.S. Citizenship Act”
Jan 20, 2021
Following up on our blog post yesterday, the new Biden Administration has issued additional details ...
Read MorePresident-Elect Biden Proposes Sweeping Immigration Reform for the Undocumented and Immigrant Families; TPS Holders and DREAMers Could Also Benefit
Jan 19, 2021
President Biden’s team is putting out the word that immigration reform will take priority in the e...
Read MoreThe Ninth Circuit is Fighting Back! And Motions to Reopen In Absentia Hearings Just Got a Little Easier!
Nov 23, 2020
This week the Ninth Circuit issued a stunning rebuke to the Trump Administration and called out it...
Read MoreTil Death Do Us Part or Until USCIS Suspects That the Marriage is Fraudulent
Nov 03, 2020
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy, Ann...
Read MoreImmigrants, Cockfighting, And Other Animal Fighting (MISAD) Ventures: Animal Cruelty And Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
Oct 29, 2020
The Ninth Circuit has deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) holding that a conviction f...
Read MoreEating An Artichoke: Or Oregon Delivery Of Cannabis Is Categorically Not An Aggravated Felony Drug Trafficking Offense
Oct 19, 2020
I live near Castroville, California the self-proclaimed artichoke capital of the world. I love artic...
Read MoreDACA Lives!!!! – For Now
Jun 22, 2020
“Everything starts from a dot” Wassily Kandinsky In a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice Roberts, ...
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