Rebutting the presumption of Mandatory Detention under Matter of Q Li?
© Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2025 Reference: BIA decision – Matter of Q Li, 29 I&N Dec. 66 (BIA) 2025) Since the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued Matter of […]
Immigration Courts in the Trump Era – September 2025
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, September 2025 In this blog article, I will discuss a number of recent immigration court developments as of August-end 2025. That is why I titled this […]
Immigration changes under the Trump administration
© Farhad Sethna 2024 These are some of the immigration changes I see under the new Trump presidency starting January 20, 2025. Immigration courts: Additional judges picked by harsh Republican […]
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. […]