Guevara-Serrano, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-4420 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2026)

• unable or unwilling to protect; no police reporting requirement; Burbano; uncontradicted testimony; domestic violence; gangs; Honduras

Matter of S-M-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 412 (BIA 2026)

• frivolous asylum filing warning; dual citizenship; materiality; written warnings

United States v. Singer, No. 23-6120 (10th Cir. Jan. 23, 2026)

• crime of violence; unborn persons; fetus; statutory interpretation; legislative silence; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 645

Fortes Tomar v. Bondi, No. 24-2108 (1st Cir. Jan. 23, 2026)

• CIMT; lewd; sexual intent; Mass. Gen. L., ch. 272, § 16; unpublished state case to satisfy realistic probability test; PFR grant without remand

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United States v. Ramiro Gomez, No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) (en banc)

• crime of violence; recklessness; Borden; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea; Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52; plain error

Matter of D-G-B-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 392 (BIA 2026)

• serious non political crime; drug trafficking activity; duress; statutory interpretation; Neguise; CAT; Sinaloa cartel; domestic violence; acquiesce; insufficient police reporting

Matter of Laparra-Deleon, 29 I&N Dec. 389 (BIA 2026)

• deficient NTA; in absentia motions to reopen; Campos Chavez

Matter of M-C-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 401 (BIA 2026)

• INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; fraud or willful misrepresentation; INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(i); military service during Bosnian War; discretion; history of untruthfulness; adverse inference from invoking Fifth Amendment; family ties must outweigh fraud

Mukantagara, et al. v. Noem, et al., No. 24-4071 (10th Cir. Jan. 12, 2026)

• discretion; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); INA § 207(c)(4); termination of asylum status; Rwanda genocide

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Sayegh de Kewayfati, et al. v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-20073 (5th Cir. Jan 14, 2025)

• prison conditions; state of exception; former gang members; past torture; Amnesty International reports; El Salvador
• jurisdiction for APA lawsuit over denial of affirmative asylum application; TPS

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United States v. Ferguson, No. 24-2178 (8th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026)

• cocaine isomers; divisibility; modified categorical approach; realistic probability test; Arkansas; Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-401(a)(1)(A)(i)

Fofana v. Noem, et al., No. 24-2485 (8th Cir. Jan. 9, 2026)

• jurisdiction; Patel; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); asylee adjustment; “any decision”

Aguilar-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 24-2427 (8th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026)

• domestic violence-type asylum; one central reason; women; acquiescence; Guatemala

Gutierrez-Mikan, et al v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-13788 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2026)

• ineffective assistance of counsel; Loper Bright & Lozada; substantial compliance; CAT; acquiescence; FARC; Colombia

Savane v. DHS, et al., No. 24-3286 (3d Cir. Jan. 7, 2026)

• material misrepresentation; naturalization; willful; diversity visa lottery; DS-230 omissions; omitting children from application; public charge; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(a)(2); lawfully admitted for permanent residence

Matter of E-M-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 379 (BIA 2026)

• death threats; past persecution; journalists; Peru

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