Extra case roundup
- Mahdawi v. Trump,2026 WL 2090981 (2d Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)
- Suri v. Trump,2026 WL 2123557 (4th Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)
- Fuentes v. USCIS (4th Cir. July 24, 2026) – SIJ, statutory interpretation, and parental benefits
Rana v. Blanche, No. 25-1862 (1st Cir. July 23, 2026)
- M-A-M-; mental health safeguards and credibility; indicia of incompetency; IJ affirmative duty; Maoists; Nepal
Matter of H-L-S-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2026)
- no past torture; CAT; Mexico; Guatemala; Latin Kings; MS-13; clear error; expert testimony
Matter of A-G-O-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 772 (BIA 2026)
- humanitarian asylum; particularity; Brazilian children; relocation; abandoned children; police reporting harm; police arresting perpetrators for other crimes; C-G-T-
Matter of Y-S-P-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 776 (BIA 2026)
- exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for § 212(h) waiver; discretion with sexual crimes; extreme hardship
Matter of Lopez Rico, 29 I&N Dec. 780 (BIA 2026)
- unlawful voting; INA § 237(a)(3)(D); 18 U.S.C. § 611(a); DHS burdens; pleading the Fifth; discretion
Matter of L-F-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 787 (BIA 2026)
- annual asylum fee; abandonment of asylum; scheduling orders; enforcing filing deadlines; statutory interpretation; plain language of the statute; OBBBA
Garcia Demetrio, et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-991 (9th Cir. July 20, 2026)
- age and immutability; particular social group; mother of adolescents; single mothers; nexus reviewed de novo; Mexico
Diaz-Boyzo v. Blanche, No. 17-72894 (9th Cir. July 23, 2026)
- crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect divisibility; enhancement; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.160(1)(a), (3)(c); criminal negligence
Torres-Casas v. Blanche, No. 25-172 (9th Cir. July 22, 2026)
- qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; predictive findings; remanding non-LPR cancellation denials pending at the BIA; hardship
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