Matter of Felix-Figueroa, 29 I&N Dec. 157 (BIA 2025)

• isomers; possession of methamphetamine; realistic probability test; burdens

Rivera Samayoa v. Bondi, No. 24-1432 (1st Cir. July 28, 2025)

• cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed questions of law and fact; discretionary relief; cumulative hardship analysis

Real v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 24-1545 (3d Cir. July 30, 2025)

• due process; extraordinary circumstances; one-year asylum deadline; jurisdiction; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); INA § 203(a)(3)

Navarro v. Bondi, No. 24-1253 (4th Cir. July 31, 2025)

• MS-13; CAT protection; credibility; omissions; expert evidence; more likely than not; issue exhaustion.

Sanchez-Banos v. Bondi, No. 24-2241 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025)

• administrative closure; Avetisyan factors; failure to submit hardship evidence

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Da Silva Borges v. Bondi, No. 24-1695 (1st Cir. July 18, 2025)

· DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard; Rosa

Perez Cruz v. Bondi, No. 24-2865 (9th Cir. July 21, 2025)

· CAT protection; Gulf Cartel; cooperation with U.S. government; presumption of regularity; considering entire record; audio issues; due process; prejudice; Mexico

Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9598 (10th Cir. July 22, 2025)

· mental health; competency; hunger strike; continuance

Cano-Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 24-1616 (1st Cir. July 24, 2025)

· asylum; CAT protection; nexus; particular social group; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; waiver of issues

Gomez-Gabriel v. U.S. Atty Gen., No. 24-2559 (3d Cir. July 24, 2025)

· Summary affirmance; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4); issue exhaustion; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); nexus; gang violence; indigenous

Cabello Garcia v. USCIS, No. 23-35267 (9th Cir. July 22, 2025)

· 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); U visa adjustment of status; 8 U.S.C. § 1255(m); medical exam; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; adjustment of status; Administrative Procedure Act; due process; Patel v. Garland

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Qatanani v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1849 (3d Cir. July 15, 2025)

• BIA self-certification; separation of powers; rescission; grant of LPR status; Kisor deference; constitutional violation & discretionary adjustment of status; due process

Matter of C-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 141 (BIA 2025)

• DHS meeting bond burden; danger; flight risk; withholding-only; unlawful reentries

Matter of K-E-S-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 145 (BIA 2025)

• particularity; sex; nationality; women viewed as property; societal views

Mejia-Hernandez v. Bondi, No. 23-1508 (7th Cir. July 17, 2025)

• family-based nexus; revenge; unable or unwilling; well-founded fear; threats rising to the level of past-persecution; murder of family members; untimely assertion of deficient NTA claims processing rule; Honduras

Singh v. Bondi, No 24-1602 (7th Cir. July 18, 2025)

• reissuing BIA decisions to petition for review; ineffective assistance of counsel; Lozada

Goncalves Leao v. Bondi, No. 24-1239 (1st Cir. July 14, 2025)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; child with drug issues; Monreal; absence of medical expert

Alay v. Bondi, No. 24-1299 (1st Cir. July 16, 2025)

• hardship review; children knowing mother is in dangerous situation; individualized analysis; Guatemala

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Matter of E-Z-, 29 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2025).

• CAT protection; returnees from the United States; anti Ukraine war political opinion; detention in Russia

Matter of Gonzalez Jimenez, 29 I&N Dec. 129 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; adverse factors; DUI; false tax information; false social security number; relying on advice of professionals

Matter of S-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 2025)

• CAT protection; prison conditions in Haiti; anecdotal torture; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture

Castejon-Paz and Cerrato-Barahona v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6024, 22-6349 (2d Cir. July 8, 2025)

• withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; reinstatement; final order of removal; no-reasonable fear challenge; Riley

Garcia-Pascual v. Bondi, No. 20-2529 (8th Cir. July 7, 2025)

• economic hardship; difficulty of child visiting father abroad; non-LPR cancellation of removal

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Tipan Lopez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1444 (3d Cir. June 30, 2025)

• nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; incorporation of international law; no animus requirement; fervent but unsuccessful resistance to torture can be acquiescence; Ecuador

Matter of A-A-F-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2025)

• suspected gang members with tattoos; bisexual individuals; state exception policy in El Salvador; prison conditions; sharing criminal information with El Salvador; standard of review; use of statistical information

Lanoue v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2583 (3d Cir. July 1, 2025)

• deceit; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); 18 U.S.C. § 287; 18 U.S.C. § 2; false claims to Veterans Affairs; $10,000 amount; restitution; retroactive INA § 212(h) waiver; not an applicant for admission when under investigation

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Trump, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al., No. 24-884 (U.S. June 27, 2025)

• injunctive relief in immigration cases

Riley v. Bondi, No. 23-1270 (U.S. June 26, 2025)

• withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal

Lainez v. Bondi, No. 21-6386 (2d Cir. June 23, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; former INA § 321(a); establishing paternity through legitimation; Loper Bright; statutory interpretation; affirmative acts to establish paternity

Matter of Mayorga Ipina, 29 I&N Dec. 110 (BIA 2025)

• CIMT; mandatory detention; bond; lewd and lascivious conduct; indecent exposure

Matter of C-I-R-H- & H-S-V-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 114 (BIA 2025)

• nexus; identity of persecutors unknown; motive

Zalaya Orellana v. Bondi, No. 24-1111 (4th Cir. June 24, 2025)

• reserved cancellation of removal grant; 4,000 cap; OPPM 17-04; Accardi Doctrine; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.21

Xiquin Xirum v. Bondi, No. 24-1413 (1st Cir. June 25, 2025)

• cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; normal hardship to children
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Mejia Ponce, et al. v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 23-14124 (11th Cir. June 23, 2025)

• particular social group definition post-Loper Bright; prior panel’s alternative holding; limiting principles

Gurkirat Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-3091 (7th Cir. June 24, 2025)

• low-level Mann party Sikh asylum claim; reasonable relocation as mixed question of law and fact; Matter of Burbano; India

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Gonzalez Castillo v. Bondi, No. 24-3631 (6th Cir. June 18, 2025)

• crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; conviction after naturalization; denaturalization; statutory interpretation; rule of lenity; “is convicted”

Matter of Roque-Izada, 29 I&N Dec. 106 (BIA 2025)

• termination of removal proceedings; parole; Cuban Adjustment Act; C.F.R. § 1003.18(d); Cabrera Fernandez; parole

Lemus-Escobar v. Bondi, No. 18-73423 (9th Cir. June 16, 2025)

• mental health; attorney not necessarily adequate safeguard; CIMT; NACARA; Loper Bright; shooting a firearm at an inhabited dwelling in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 246; attorney withdrawal of asylum application; motion to reopen and discretion; withholding, CAT, and mental health facilities in Guatemala

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