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Where a petitioner from Laos challenged the refusal of his motion to reopen his case, the petitioner did not raise a colorable constitutional claim, and the decision not to reopen was not reviewable, and the petitions are denied because the ...

Tagged with: Refusal to Reopen Removal

Where a petitioner from El Salvador sought review of an order dismissing her appeal from a decision denying her asylum, the withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture, the adverse credibility findings were supported by specific, cogent ...

Tagged with: Adverse Credibility Removal

Where a petitioner from Mexico sought review of an order denying his motion to remand in which he argued that the immigration judge lacked statutory authority to enter an order of removal in absentia, the motion was untimely and the ...

Tagged with: Removal timeliness

Where a petitioner from Mexico conceded removability and applied for discretionary cancellation of removal, the petitioner did not present evidence that established an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the petitioner’s daughter, and there was no showing that the standard ...

Tagged with: Discretionary Cancellation Removal Unusual Hardship

Where a petitioner from Nigeria sought review of an order denying his motion to remand his case to the immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in denying remand, and the issue of hardship to ...

Tagged with: Hardship to Spouse Motion to Remand

Where a petitioner from El Salvador sought review of an order denying asylum and the withholding of removal, substantial evidence supported the determination that the petitioner was not entitled to asylum because he did not establish past persecution or a ...

Tagged with: Denial Of Asylum Evidence of Persecution Removal

Petitioner appealed from the denial of his application for cancellation of removal, based on his argument that his youngest children, both U.S. citizens, would suffer hardship from his deportation. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied cancellation of removal due to ...

Tagged with: Cancellation Of Removal Hardship on Citizen Children Motion to Reopen and Reconsider

Petitioner petitioned for review of a final order of removal, which denied her application for asylum and withholding of removal. After being convicted of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, petitioner unsuccessfully attempted to resist removal by arguing that her ...

Tagged with: asylum Evidence of Eligibility Withholding of Removal

Where a petitioner from Mexico sought asylum as a member of a particular social group consisting of individuals “with schizophrenia who exhibit erratic behavior,” the record was not so substantial that a reasonable factfinder would conclude that the Mexican government ...

Tagged with: asylum Schizophrenia Diagnosi Social Group Membership

Petitioner challenged the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, which reversed the ruling of an immigration judge who ruled that petitioner, a Nigerian citizen, had a well-founded fear of future persecution and granted petitioner’s application for asylum. Where threats ...

Tagged with: asylum Fear of Future Persecutionm Political Persecution

Where a petitioner sought review of an order dismissing his appeal from a decision finding him removable for having committed two crimes involving moral turpitude, there was no basis for removal, and the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to review challenges ...

Tagged with: Moral Turpitude Removal