Ep. 272 - Precedential Decisions from 7/7/2025 - 7/13/2025 (CAT protection - anti Ukraine War in Russia, detention conditions in Russia and Haiti & mental health; discretion & DUI arrest; withholding-only review; hardship review & economic difficulties)

Matter of E-Z-, 29 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2025).

• CAT protection; returnees from the United States; anti Ukraine war political opinion; detention in Russia

Matter of Gonzalez Jimenez, 29 I&N Dec. 129 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; adverse factors; DUI; false tax information; false social security number; relying on advice of professionals

Matter of S-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 2025)

• CAT protection; prison conditions in Haiti; anecdotal torture; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture

Castejon-Paz and Cerrato-Barahona v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6024, 22-6349 (2d Cir. July 8, 2025)

• withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; reinstatement; final order of removal; no-reasonable fear challenge; Riley

Garcia-Pascual v. Bondi, No. 20-2529 (8th Cir. July 7, 2025)

• economic hardship; difficulty of child visiting father abroad; non-LPR cancellation of removal

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