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, […]
An end to family separation? Trump issues executive order
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2016 On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in response to massive grassroots activism, a revolt from within his own party, passionate statements from no less than […]
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-, […]
ICE mischaracterizations illegally end DACA status
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2018 ICE uses Blatant Mischaracterizations (Lets call them Lies!) to revoke DACA! In a scathing decision, a Federal District Judge overruled the DHS’ unlawful termination of […]
Government of Men continues its Evil March
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2018 The USA used to be a “government of laws, not of men.” But ever since the change in Administration, the “law” part has been left […]