A Review of Ninth Circuit and BIA Decisions by Merle D. Kahn, Esq.
The Ninth Circuit issues rejoinder to the BIA regarding expert testimony and clarifies the standard for motions to reopen in absentia cases based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Continue reading The Ninth Circuit is Fighting Back! And Motions to Reopen In Absentia Hearings Just Got a Little Easier!
This week the Ninth Circuit held that to determine the immigration effect of a criminal conviction the adjudicator must consider the statute at the time of the conviction. Remember The Great Gatsby from high school? Remember how Jay Gatsby desperately Continue reading It’s Futile to Try to Change the Future by Changing Your Past – At Least in Immigration Law
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. I don’t think that quotation is accurate, but I am always happy to quote one of my favorite opening lines from one Continue reading Til Death Do Us Part or Until USCIS Suspects That the Marriage is Fraudulent