JQKLaw.com Blog: June 2020

(The state law in question bars police from notifying the feds when immigrants are being released after serving time for local crimes.)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-turns-aside-justice-department-won-t-hear-california-n1231060

The Honolulu Immigration Court will resume hearings in non-detained cases on Monday, June 15, 2020. The Boston, Buffalo, Dallas, Hartford, Las Vegas, Memphis, and New Orleans Immigration Courts will resume hearings in non-detained cases on Monday, June 29, 2020. Hearings in non-detained cases at all other immigration courts are postponed through, and including, Friday June 26, 2020.

https://www.justice.gov/eoir/eoir-operational-status-during-coronavirus-pandemic

Therefore, by responding “No” to what appears to be an optional request to share information, visa applicants end up affirmatively asserting that they have not used additional social media platforms.

Respondent sustained a federal conviction for "misuse of a social security number" in violation of 42 USC Sec. 408(a)(7)(B)...On de novo review, and absent contrary circuit law, we conclude that 42 USC Sec. 408(a)(7)(B) does not define a CIMT under the categorical approach because the minimum conduct that has a realistic probability of being prosecuted under the statute-i.e., using a fictitious social security number to get a job and support one's family, id at 828- is not "reprehensible" enough to warrant CIMT treatment, as indicated by the court in Arias. Arias v. Lynch, 834 F.3d at 826-827. Matter of Silva-Trevino, 26 I&N Dec. 826, 834 (BIA 2016)...Moreover, to the extent Marin-Rodriguez v. Holder, 710 F3d 734 (7th Cir. 2013), can be read to support a contrary result, we are bound by the law of the case principles to follow the Arias court's determination that Marin-Rodriguez in inapposite. See 834 F.3d 830.

https://www.scribd.com/document/452083387/M-E-A-AXXX-XXX-871-BIA-Feb-10-2020?secret_password=nwIjFxuPfHcSp8QEGWWA&utm_source=Recent%20Postings%20Alert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RP%20Daily

h/t to @lisa koop

Foreigners with criminal convictions who fear they will be tortured if they are deported can challenge denials of their requests to stay in the U.S. in federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday.

Read more at: https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/1260979/breaking-high-court-allows-circuit-court-review-in-deportation-cases?nl_pk=3d58be1d-130f-45ab-8328-a9ad142de766&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immigration?copied=1

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Foreigners with criminal convictions who fear they will be tortured if they are deported can challenge denials of their requests to stay in the U.S. in federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday.