Crim-Imm Case Law Updates 2025

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board), the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court have issued many decisions in the past year that implicate the rights of noncitizens. This resource is designed to help immigration practitioners familiar with the categorical approach stay current on significant case law developments over the past year at the intersection of immigration and criminal law. This resource begins with an overview of notable case law developments before the BIA, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court. This is followed by case summaries of all published BIA decisions addressing this area of law in 2025, along with a curated list of case summaries from the U.S. Courts of Appeals. The case law from the U.S. Courts of Appeals focuses primarily on decisions analyzing the categorical approach and the generic definitions underlying crime-based grounds of inadmissibility and deportability.