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Petitioner sought withholding of removal, claiming he feared persecution due to his family membership, alleging that an uncle had been kidnapped and extorted while a cousin was killed for refusing extortion demands from gangs in Mexico. The Immigration Judge ruled ...

Tagged with: Fear Of Persecution Membership in Social Group Withholding of Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of the order dismissing his interlocutory appeal from the decision of an immigration judge denying his motion to terminate removal proceedings. Where the Board of Immigration Appeals lacked jurisdiction, it correctly dismissed petitioner’s appeal from the ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction Motion to Terminate Removal Proceedings

Petitioners sought review of the denial of their request for humanitarian asylum, arguing that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in requiring they show past persecution on account of protected grounds as a prerequisite for obtaining asylum. Petitioners requested a ...

Tagged with: Humanitarian Asylum Protected Grounds Requirement to Show Past Persecution

Petitioner, individually and on behalf of her minor son, petitioned for review of an order that dismissed her appeal from an immigration judge that denied her asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Where petitioner failed ...

Tagged with: asylum Well-Founded Fear of Future Persecution Withholding of Removal

Petitioner appealed from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Where there was no basis for reversal, the court affirmed the dismissal of petitioner’s petition, modified to be without prejudice. Judgment is affirmed as modified. Williams v. ...

Tagged with: Dismissal of Petition Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Where a petitioner from South Sudan sought review of a final order of removal, the petition is denied because the petitioner’s conviction constituted a crime of violence and was a valid basis for removal, and the Board of Immigration conducted ...

Tagged with: Crime Of Violence Removal

Where a family of petitioners from Honduras sought review of the denial of their motion to reconsider after they were denied relief on claims including asylum and removal, the immigration judge did not lack jurisdiction over removal proceedings even though ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction Removal

Where a petitioner challenged the denial of his request for deferral of removal, substantial evidence supported the determination, so the petition is denied. Petition denied. Hired v. Barr (MLW No. 74076/Case No. 18-2904 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, ...

Tagged with: Deferral Removal

Where a petitioner from Kenya sought review of the dismissal of his appeal of decisions of an immigration judge granting motions to terminate removal proceedings and denying him cancellation of removal, the petition is denied because the court found no ...

Tagged with: Cancellation Removal

Petitioner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, petitioned for review of an order of the Bureau of Immigration Affairs that rejected his argument that the board lacked jurisdiction to order petitioner removed. Where petitioner’s challenge to the board’s jurisdiction was ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of an order of the Board of Immigration upholding an Immigration Judge’s order finding him removable and denying his request for asylum. Where petitioner had committed an aggravated felony, there was no basis for reversal of ...

Tagged with: Aggravated Felony Denial Of Asylum Removal