Category Archives: Fifth Amendment

THE DISTRICT COURT RULES ON MANDATORY DETENTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DECLARES THAT INA § 235(b)(1)(B)(ii) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

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Special Blog on the District Court Decision in Padilla v. U.S. ICE by Merle Kahn, Esq. I am writing a special blog on the District Court’s decision in Padilla v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. C18-928 MJP (W.D. Wash. Continue reading THE DISTRICT COURT RULES ON MANDATORY DETENTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DECLARES THAT INA § 235(b)(1)(B)(ii) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!→

THE NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT IMMIGRATION JUDGES MUST INFORM ALL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN OF THE POSSIBLE FORMS OF RELIEF AVAILABLE TO THEM

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Weekly Blog for 5.3.19 by Merle D. Kahn, Esq. Part II The Ninth Circuit in an en banc decision, held that the Immigration Judges (IJs) must inform child immigrants of their right to all potential forms of relief that might Continue reading THE NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT IMMIGRATION JUDGES MUST INFORM ALL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN OF THE POSSIBLE FORMS OF RELIEF AVAILABLE TO THEM→

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→