Este manual resume algunas de las provisiones esenciales de la ley de ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos del 2021 (USCA, a veces nombrado como el “Biden bill,” el proyecto de ley de Biden), relacionadas con las protecciones de proceso justo dentro del...
This primer summarizes some of the key provisions of the United States Citizenship Act of 2021 (USCA, sometimes referred to as the “Biden bill”) relating to due process protections in the immigration court system and in removal proceedings.
This Practice Alert addresses Patel’s second holding: that false claims to U.S. citizenship render noncitizens removable even if the claim had no possible impact on the decision or application at issue—that is, even if the false citizenship claim is...
On July 30, 2020, the Attorney General (AG) issued Matter of Reyes, 28 I&N Dec. 52 (A.G. 2020), where he endorsed a novel theory of removability. This practice alert provides a summary of the decision and potential practice tips for both immigration...
On June 1, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a positive decision in Nasrallah v. Barr, 590 U.S. __ (2020). The question in Nasrallah was whether the jurisdiction stripping language in 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C) barred judicial review over factual...
This Practice Alert summarizes the Barton decision and briefly describes its potential impact on cancellation eligibility. A more in-depth Practice Advisory about Barton and its implications in immigration cases is forthcoming.
Historically, denaturalization was pursued by the U.S. government in very small numbers, averaging only eleven cases per year between 1990 and 2017.2 However, under the Trump administration there has been a dramatic increase in the number of...
This practice pointer provides a background on Castillo-Perez, explains the good moral character requirement of non-LPR cancellation, and clarifies the practical implications of the decision. The practice pointer also suggests arguments limiting the...
In this advisory, we review the Supreme Court’s decision in Dimaya (see Section I) and what the decision may mean for others charged with other similarly nebulous removal grounds (see Section II). We also discuss suggested strategies and provide a...