BIA Setting the Stage for More Confusion
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2019 In Matter of Sylvestre Mendoza-Hernandez and Rufina Capula-Cortes 27 I&N Dec. 520 (BIA 2019), issued May 1, 2019, the BIA further confuses the Supreme […]
BIA misinterprets Pereira v. Sessions setting stage for (hopefully) a slapdown by Supreme Court
BIA Purposely Setting the Stage for More Confusion © Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2019 __________________________________________________________________________ In Matter of Sylvestre Mendoza-Hernandez and Rufina Capula-Cortes 27 I&N Dec. 520 (BIA 2019), issued May […]
Grace v. Whitaker: Strategies to push back AG Session’s misguided political opinion reversing gender-based asylum and gang-violence claims
Lessons for Challenging Matter of A-B- in the Immigration and Federal Courts On December 17, 2018, United States federal court judge, for the District of Columbia, Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan, […]
Aliens still eligible for Asylum if DHS did not tell them to file within 1 year
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2018 A recent settlement in a court case may provide TEMPORARY respite to asylum seekers who failed to apply for asylum within 1 year of […]
Pereira v. Sessions Decision Breathes New Life into Cancellation of Removal Applications
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2018 In Pereira v. Sessions [585 U. S. ____ (2018)], the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 8-1 decision (almost total unanimity from even […]
Summary of Recent Immigration Developments – May 21, 2018
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 Where do I even begin? The last two weeks seem to be like an immigration whirlwind. First, we had the disclosure that the Department of […]
The 6-Million Dollar Question
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2018 The Justice Department under Jeff Sessions, in a bid to save the taxpayer six million dollars per year, has cancelled a legal assistance program […]
Are Immigration Judges Able to Reject Asylum Applications Without a Full Hearing?
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 Attorney General finds way to derail Asylum Applications – or does he? March 5, 2018: Attorney General Sessions reopened a BIA decision, Matter of E-F-H-L-, […]