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

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

ROBBERY IS ROBBERY – METH IS METH – AND THERE IS NO DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION TO THE MATERIAL SUPPORT BAR

Remember way back in August 2018, when we could say, “When is meth not meth?  When it’s California meth!”  It looks like those halcyon days are gone and California meth is back to being meth.  It was always too good Continue reading ROBBERY IS ROBBERY – METH IS METH – AND THERE IS NO DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION TO THE MATERIAL SUPPORT BAR

SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND ROBBERY IS A THEFT OFFENSE

The courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) have started off 2019 relatively quietly in immigration law – perhaps due to the government shutdown.  Two immigration-adjacent cases came out of the Ninth this past week.  One is a fascinating Continue reading SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND ROBBERY IS A THEFT OFFENSE