“Can I go home for a vacation?”
© Farhad Sethna, attorney, 2025 A common question I hear from many of my F-1 (student visa) and H1-B (work visa) clients is: “Can I go home for a vacation?” […]
Relentlessly dismantling the regulations: Chevron’s gift to the immigrant community
© Farhad Sethna attorney 2024 On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court delivered its decision in Relentless v Department of Commerce, Case No. 22-1219, and Loper Bright v […]
Is Niz-Chavez dead?
(The case, that is, not the person!) © Farhad Sethna, Attorney 2024 In Campos-Chaves v Garland, and Garland v Singh, Case Numbers 22-674 and 22-884, respectively, the Supreme Court of […]
Coming soon to an immigration court near you: the “Niz-Chavez” saga continues – new developments
The saga of Niz-Chavez v Garland, 141 S. Ct. 1474 (2021), and Pereira v Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018) continues . . . At a hearing on January 8, […]
Attorney General rules that immigration judges have authority to terminate cases
In Matter of Coronado-Acevedo, 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022), Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed that immigration judges did have the authority to terminate cases before them under certain circumstances. […]
New BIA decision cracks door open to termination of pending cases
In Matter of Fernandes, 28 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2022), a three-member panel on the board of immigration appeals (BIA) held, in a two – one decision, that indeed, alien […]
Unrestricted Liberty to Make Arbitrary Decisions?
©Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2022 In a decision issued May 16, 2022, in Patel v Garland, the United States Supreme Court struck a massive blow against immigrants. In that decision, the […]
Date and Time needed for perfect NTA, says Supreme Court
On April 29, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States, decided in Niz-Chavez v Garland, Case No. 19-863, 593 U.S. ___ (2021). Basically, in Niz-Chavez, the Supreme Court reiterated […]