Archive for the 'Immigration Law' Category

Cruz-Samayoa v. Holder

(U.S. 6th Cir., Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law) Guatemalan natives’ petition for review of a decision denying their applications for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the father is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal as the BIA’s conclusion that petitioner is not a “refugee” within the meaning of the INA [...]

Cruz-Samayoa v. Holder

(U.S. 6th Cir., Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law) Guatemalan natives’ petition for review of a decision denying their applications for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the father is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal as the BIA’s conclusion that petitioner is not a “refugee” within the meaning of the INA [...]

Cruz-Samayoa v. Holder

(U.S. 6th Cir., Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law) Guatemalan natives’ petition for review of a decision denying their applications for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the father is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal as the BIA’s conclusion that petitioner is not a “refugee” within the meaning of the INA [...]

US v. Velasquez-Torres

(U.S. 5th Cir., Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing) Defendant’s sentence for illegal reentry by a deported alien is affirmed where, having admitted the fact of his deportation as stated in the presentence report, defendant could not argue that the district court improperly relied on that deportation.

US v. Velasquez-Torres

(U.S. 5th Cir., Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing) Defendant’s sentence for illegal reentry by a deported alien is affirmed where, having admitted the fact of his deportation as stated in the presentence report, defendant could not argue that the district court improperly relied on that deportation.

US v. Velasquez-Torres

(U.S. 5th Cir., Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing) Defendant’s sentence for illegal reentry by a deported alien is affirmed where, having admitted the fact of his deportation as stated in the presentence report, defendant could not argue that the district court improperly relied on that deportation.

US v. Velasquez-Torres

(U.S. 5th Cir., Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing) Defendant’s sentence for illegal reentry by a deported alien is affirmed where, having admitted the fact of his deportation as stated in the presentence report, defendant could not argue that the district court improperly relied on that deportation.

Aponte v. Holder

(U.S. 1st Cir., Administrative Law, Immigration Law) A citizen of the Dominican Republic’s petition for review of a decision denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings is granted as the BIA abused its discretion by issuing an inadequately reasoned decision denying petitioner’s motion to reopen.

Xia v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

(U.S. 11th Cir., Administrative Law, Immigration Law) In a petition for review of the BIA’s decision affirming the denial, by an Immigration Judge (IJ), of petitioner’s claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and ordering her removal, the petition is denied where the totality of the record [...]

Kwak v. Holder

(U.S. 6th Cir., Administrative Law, Immigration Law) Petition for review a decision of the BIA affirming an IJ’s denial of a Korean citizen’s application for a continuance of proceedings and entering an order of removal is denied where: 1) the BIA’s conclusion that the IJ did not abuse its discretion in denying the continuance was [...]