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Ep. 328 - Precedential Decisions: 8/3/2026 - 08/9/2026 (motion to reopen; ineffective assistance; adverse credibility; internal relocation; pattern or practice; issue forfeiture; authentication of records; departure bar; equitable tolling; mixed motives)

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Pasqual-Andres v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-12848 (11th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026) 

  • motion to reopen; ineffective assistance of counsel; Matter of Lozada; substantial compliance; appropriate disciplinary authority 


Matter of I-S-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 811 (BIA 2026)  

  • asylum; adverse credibility; identity and nationality; inconsistent statements; fraudulent identity documents; REAL ID Act; burden of proof 


Matter of H-I-A-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 823 (BIA 2026)  

  • asylum; credibility determinations; inconsistencies and omissions; totality of the circumstances; past persecution; presumption of future persecution; internal relocation 


Matter of I-U-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 816 (BIA 2026)  

  • withholding of removal; childhood persecution; harm suffered as a minor; cumulative harm; severity of persecution; pattern or practice of persecution; clear probability standard 


Matter of Momplaisir, 29 I&N Dec. 820 (BIA 2026)  

  • authentication of records; Form I-213; Form I-94; Form G-24; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6(a) 


Eqbal v. Blanche, No. 25-60504 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026)  

  • asylum; adverse credibility; translation errors; credible fear interview; corroborating evidence; BIA statement that it considered all evidence insufficient


Ail Saidi v. Blanche, No. 21-6589 (2d Cir. Aug. 3, 2026)  

  • CAT; corroborating evidence; adverse credibility; issue forfeiture before the BIA; reasonably available evidence; likelihood of torture; chain of events 


Keita v. Blanche, No. 24-1226 (4th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026)  

  • cancellation of removal; withholding of removal; third-country removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; full and fair hearing; opportunity to present evidence; U.S. citizen children 


Spindola v. Blanche, No. 25-3600 (6th Cir. Aug. 7, 2026)  

  • asylum; withholding; CAT; serious nonpolitical crime bar; serious reasons for believing; acquiescence  


Lacsina v. Blanche, No. 24-3373 (8th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026)  

  • motion to reopen; departure bar; post-departure motions to reopen; vacated criminal convictions; CIMT; controlled-substance inadmissibility; sua sponte reopening 


Saravia Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-60400 (5th Cir. Aug. 3, 2026)  

  • 30-day filing deadline; equitable tolling; reinstatement of removal; final order of removal; Riley v. Bondi; claims-processing rule  


Guzman v. Blanche, No. 25-1351 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2026)  

  • asylum; nexus; one central reason; mixed motives; protected ground; gender; family relationship; political opinion 

 


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