Month: April 2019

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS THAT ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE TRANSFERRED TO REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS AFTER PASSING A CREDIBLE FEAR DETERMINATION ARE STATUTORILY INELIGIBLE FOR BOND

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Weekly Blog for 4.19.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. Attorney General William Barr issued his first immigration decision this week.  The legal reasoning and the writing hold together better than Sessions’s decisions, but the outcome is similarly horrific.  The AG withdrew Continue reading THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS THAT ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE TRANSFERRED TO REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS AFTER PASSING A CREDIBLE FEAR DETERMINATION ARE STATUTORILY INELIGIBLE FOR BOND→

ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO HAVE PASSED A CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEW ARE ENTITLED TO A BOND HEARING AND, PLAINTIFFS ARE ENTITLED TO LIMITED DISCOVERY IN A CONSULAR PROCESSING CASE

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Weekly Blog for 4.12.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. – Part II – The District Courts Over the past few weeks we have had some very interesting decisions out of the District Courts.  One of the more interesting decisions is Northern Continue reading ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO HAVE PASSED A CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEW ARE ENTITLED TO A BOND HEARING AND, PLAINTIFFS ARE ENTITLED TO LIMITED DISCOVERY IN A CONSULAR PROCESSING CASE→

THE BIA HOLDS THAT A FEDERAL CONVICTION FOR KIDNAPPING IS NOT AN AGGRAVATED FELONY UNDER THE INA

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Weekly Blog for 4.12.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. After nearly five months of silence the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued its first published decision this week.  I was expecting a decision that would make me want to run to Continue reading THE BIA HOLDS THAT A FEDERAL CONVICTION FOR KIDNAPPING IS NOT AN AGGRAVATED FELONY UNDER THE INA→

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM! – The Ninth Circuit Denies a Sua Sponte Motion to Rehear a Suppression Case En Banc!

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Weekly Blog for 4.5.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. One immigration case came down from the Ninth Circuit this week denying rehearing en banc about suppression of evidence in immigration proceedings.  But there was a vigorous dissent which makes me think Continue reading THIRD TIME’S A CHARM! – The Ninth Circuit Denies a Sua Sponte Motion to Rehear a Suppression Case En Banc!→

Oregon Robbery is Categorically not a CIMT and Mexicans Who Have Been Living in the U.S. Who are Perceived to be Wealthy are not a PSG

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Weekly Blog for 3.29.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. This week has been relatively tame in the Ninth Circuit in terms of immigration law.  Only one immigration case came down but it is interesting.  The Ninth Circuit held that an Oregon Continue reading Oregon Robbery is Categorically not a CIMT and Mexicans Who Have Been Living in the U.S. Who are Perceived to be Wealthy are not a PSG→