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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Tipan Lopez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1444 (3d Cir. June 30, 2025)

• nexus; subordinate; religion; Evangelical Christian; M-R-M-S-; incorporation of international law; no animus requirement; fervent but unsuccessful resistance to torture can be acquiescence; Ecuador

Matter of A-A-F-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2025)

• suspected gang members with tattoos; bisexual individuals; state exception policy in El Salvador; prison conditions; sharing criminal information with El Salvador; standard of review; use of statistical information

Lanoue v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2583 (3d Cir. July 1, 2025)

• deceit; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); 18 U.S.C. § 287; 18 U.S.C. § 2; false claims to Veterans Affairs; $10,000 amount; restitution; retroactive INA § 212(h) waiver; not an applicant for admission when under investigation

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Trump, et al. v. Casa, Inc., et al., No. 24-884 (U.S. June 27, 2025)

• injunctive relief in immigration cases

Riley v. Bondi, No. 23-1270 (U.S. June 26, 2025)

• withholding of removal review; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal

Lainez v. Bondi, No. 21-6386 (2d Cir. June 23, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; former INA § 321(a); establishing paternity through legitimation; Loper Bright; statutory interpretation; affirmative acts to establish paternity

Matter of Mayorga Ipina, 29 I&N Dec. 110 (BIA 2025)

• CIMT; mandatory detention; bond; lewd and lascivious conduct; indecent exposure

Matter of C-I-R-H- & H-S-V-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 114 (BIA 2025)

• nexus; identity of persecutors unknown; motive

Zalaya Orellana v. Bondi, No. 24-1111 (4th Cir. June 24, 2025)

• reserved cancellation of removal grant; 4,000 cap; OPPM 17-04; Accardi Doctrine; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.21

Xiquin Xirum v. Bondi, No. 24-1413 (1st Cir. June 25, 2025)

• cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; normal hardship to children
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Mejia Ponce, et al. v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 23-14124 (11th Cir. June 23, 2025)

• particular social group definition post-Loper Bright; prior panel’s alternative holding; limiting principles

Gurkirat Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-3091 (7th Cir. June 24, 2025)

• low-level Mann party Sikh asylum claim; reasonable relocation as mixed question of law and fact; Matter of Burbano; India

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Gonzalez Castillo v. Bondi, No. 24-3631 (6th Cir. June 18, 2025)

• crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; conviction after naturalization; denaturalization; statutory interpretation; rule of lenity; “is convicted”

Matter of Roque-Izada, 29 I&N Dec. 106 (BIA 2025)

• termination of removal proceedings; parole; Cuban Adjustment Act; C.F.R. § 1003.18(d); Cabrera Fernandez; parole

Lemus-Escobar v. Bondi, No. 18-73423 (9th Cir. June 16, 2025)

• mental health; attorney not necessarily adequate safeguard; CIMT; NACARA; Loper Bright; shooting a firearm at an inhabited dwelling in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 246; attorney withdrawal of asylum application; motion to reopen and discretion; withholding, CAT, and mental health facilities in Guatemala

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Li v. Bondi, No. 18-70278 (9th Cir. June 10, 2025)

• ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration

De Souza Silva, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-834 (9th Cir. June 11, 2025)

• past persecution; inability to practice religion freely; internal relocation; practicing religion in secret; Candomblé; Brazil

Matter of E-Y-F-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 103 (BIA 2025)

• bond; flight risk despite grant of withholding of removal; Laken Riley implications

Grey v. USCIS, No. 23-1910 (4th Cir. June 10, 2025)

• false testimony during deposition; good moral character for naturalization; FOIA exemption 7(E); evidentiary exclusion for discovery violations

Antonio de Paz-Peraza v. Bondi, No. 24-2854 (7th Cir. June 9, 2025)

• nexus; young Salvadoran males; gang recruitment; MS-13; El Salvador

Toalombo Yanez v. Bondi, No. 22-6267 (2d Cir. June 13, 2025)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; Wilkinson; clear error; serious medical condition standard; retroactivity

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Hadwan v. Dept. of State, No. 22-1624 (2d Cir. June 3, 2025)

• revocation of Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA); revocation of passport abroad; CRBA revocation hearing; APA; due process; signed statement where signatory does not speak English; Office of Inspector General report against State Department officer

Matter of B-N-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 96 (BIA 2025)

• administrative closure; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.18; Matter of W-Y-U; recalendaring; TPS; persuasive reason for removal proceedings to be resolved on the merits

Singh v. Bondi, No. 22-6077 (2d Cir. June 3, 2025)

• credibility; border interview; REAL ID Act; I-213; Ramsameachire factors; Sikh; India

Linares-Rivas v. Bondi, 24-60186 (5th Cir. June 3, 2025)

• no jurisdiction to review non-LPR cancellation of removal discretion finding; exhaustion; issue raised in notice of appeal but not in BIA brief

Hsieh v. Bondi, No. 24-1013 (4th Cir. June 4, 2025)

• sexual abuse of a minor; coercion or enticement of a minor under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b); crime of child abuse; Esquivel-Quintana; mens rea; attempt

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