Respondent With A Pending Appeal of a Criminal Conviction Does Not Have a Criminal Conviction

The Board of Immigration Appeals published a decision holding that when a respondent has a pending appeal under section 460.30…

When Is A Government “Unable or Unwilling” To Protect Someone

When is a Government “unable or unwilling” to protect? The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), issued a precedential decision on…

UNLAWFUL PRESENCE BARS CAN RUN IN THE US, BIA & USCIS AFFIRM

UNLAWFUL PRESENCE AND THE THREE/TEN-YEAR-BAR Under the unlawful presence grounds of inadmissibility, the three- and ten-year bars at INA §…

BIA Addresses Choice of Law

Matter of Jose Antonio GARCIA, 28 I&N Dec. 693 (BIA 2023) Decided March 24, 2023 In Matter of Garcia, 28 I&N…