Immigration Review

Ep. 310 - Precedential Decisions: 3/30/2026 - 04/5/2026 (I-864 lawsuit; equitable tolling & stateless people; reinstatement; drug trafficking; medical and psychological hardship; VAWA cancellation; notice of appeal specificity; I-601A; fake cases)

Circuit round up (extra cases)! * NOID sent to wrong address; I-864 lawsuit; diversity visa lawsuit Eskilian v. Bondi, No. 20-72157 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026) * due diligence for stateless people; no Lozada where ineffective assistance of counsel plain; Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7 vacatur; equitable tolling of time and number bar; Soviet Armenia   Verduzco Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 18-71787 (9th Cir. Apr. 1, 2026) *  reinstatement; right to counsel; due process; prejudice; IIRIRA retroactivity    United States v. Casildo, No. 23-35483 (9th Cir. Mar. 31, 2026) * sale of controlled substances in violation of Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.321(1)(a); indivisibility; sentence enhancement; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); drug trafficking aggravated felony   Matter of Valenzuela Gallardo, 29 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 2026) * aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 32;  Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; specific intent; relating to; actus reas; misprison of a felony   Matter of Pelagio Mendoza, 29 I&N Dec. 542 (BIA 2026) * medical and psychological hardship; evidentiary burdens; HIPPA regulations; considering immigration status of other parent; need for expert evidence   Cardenas v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1522 (3d Cir. Mar. 31, 2026) * VAWA cancellation of removal; immigration status of the abuser; statutory interpretation; “is or was”; Matt of L-L-P-; present tense; present perfect tense; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship   Quijano-Duran v. Bondi, No. 24-2457 (8th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026) * notice of appeal requirements before the BIA; due process; judicial bias; DHS enforcement priority    Dec v. Mullin, No. 25-2417 (7th Cir. Mar. 30, 2026) * jurisdiction; I-601A; satisfaction of the Attorney General; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v); ChatGPT; fake case citation Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. [http://www.kktplaw.com/]Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration [https://bit.ly/3MS2r9u] http://www.kktplaw.com/"Immigration law software you’ll love to use." * get.eimmigration.com/IRP [http://get.eimmigration.com/IRP]   Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds [https://immigrationbond.com/] * P: (833) 409-9200 * immigrationbond.com [http://immigrationbond.com/]    EB-5 Support [https://eb-5support.com/] "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." * Contact: info@eb-5support.com * Website: https://eb-5support.com/ [https://eb-5support.com/] Stafi [https://getstafi.com/] "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" * Click me! [https://getstafi.com/schedule-a-call] The Pen and Sword [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/] * Click me! [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/events/9th-annual-immigration-court-trial-advocacy-college-2026/] * Discount code: ImmigrationReview26 Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview]

Special Episode Interview with Homero López - former Appellate Immigration Judge, and current ISLA Legal Director

Email and Links! * hlopez@islaimmigration.org * Immigration Services & Legal Advocacy [https://www.islaimmigration.org/] * Click me to Donate to ISLA [https://www.islaimmigration.org/donate] Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. [http://www.kktplaw.com/]Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration [https://bit.ly/3MS2r9u] http://www.kktplaw.com/"Immigration law software you’ll love to use." * get.eimmigration.com/IRP [http://get.eimmigration.com/IRP]   Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds [https://immigrationbond.com/] * P: (833) 409-9200 * immigrationbond.com [http://immigrationbond.com/]    EB-5 Support [https://eb-5support.com/] "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." * Contact: info@eb-5support.com * Website: https://eb-5support.com/ [https://eb-5support.com/] Stafi [https://getstafi.com/] "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" * Click me! [https://getstafi.com/schedule-a-call] The Pen and Sword [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/] * Click me! [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/events/9th-annual-immigration-court-trial-advocacy-college-2026/] * Discount code: ImmigrationReview26   Want to become a patron? * Click here to check out our Patreon Page! [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview] CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview * About your host [https://www.kktplaw.com/our-attorneys/kevin-a-gregg-esq-/] * Case notes [https://www.kktplaw.com/immigration-review-podcast/cases-discussed-on-the-immigration-review-podcast/] * Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) [https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1063330/episodes/%20https://publuu.com/flip-book/921530/2021063/page/18] * Featured in San Diego Voyager [http://sdvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kevin-gregg-of-crown-point/] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview]

Ep. 309 - Precedential Decisions: 3/23/2026 - 03/29/2026 (mandatory detention for EWIs; reliability of I-213s; termination; IJ can't assert deficient NTA; CIMT & one year or longer sentence; attempted use of physical force; reasonable fear jurisdiction)

Herrera Avila v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-3248 (8th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) * mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; Buenrostro-Mendez   Matter of Mercado-Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 529 (BIA 2026) * reliability of Form I-213; termination; presumption of reliability; establishing alienage; rebutting § 212 charge    Matter of Lopez-Orellana, 29 I&N Dec. 533 (BIA 2026) *  IJ cannot assert deficient NTA claims processing rule; in absentia   Perdomo Ulloa v. Bondi, No. 22-1724 (4th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) * CIMT; Va. Code § 18.2-186.3(A)(2); Class 1 misdemeanor; for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed; non-LPR cancellation   United States v. Chavez-Echeverria, No. 24-4723 (9th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) * Oregon attempted first-degree assault, Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 163.185(1)(a), 161.405; attempted use of physical force; substantial step   Navarrete v. Bondi, No. 24-2776 (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2026) * Riley; review of negative reasonable fear finding; final order of removal; CAT review post-reinstatement Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. [http://www.kktplaw.com/]Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration [https://bit.ly/3MS2r9u] http://www.kktplaw.com/"Immigration law software you’ll love to use." * get.eimmigration.com/IRP [http://get.eimmigration.com/IRP]   Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds [https://immigrationbond.com/] * P: (833) 409-9200 * immigrationbond.com [http://immigrationbond.com/]    EB-5 Support [https://eb-5support.com/] "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." * Contact: info@eb-5support.com * Website: https://eb-5support.com/ [https://eb-5support.com/] Stafi [https://getstafi.com/] "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" * Click me! [https://getstafi.com/schedule-a-call] The Pen and Sword [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/] * Click me! [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/events/9th-annual-immigration-court-trial-advocacy-college-2026/] * Discount code: ImmigrationReview26   Want to become a patron? * Click here to check out our Patreon Page! [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview] CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview * About your host [https://www.kktplaw.com/our-attorneys/kevin-a-gregg-esq-/] * Case notes [https://www.kktplaw.com/immigration-review-podcast/cases-discussed-on-the-immigration-review-podcast/] * Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) [https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1063330/episodes/%20https://publuu.com/flip-book/921530/2021063/page/18] * Featured in San Diego Voyager [http://sdvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kevin-gregg-of-crown-point/] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview]

Ep. 308 - Precedential Decisions from 3/16/2026 - 3/22/2026 (Padilla ineffective assistance & near-certain removal; qualifying relative age out; hardship; non-attorney ineffective assistance; sua sponte reopening jx; receipt of stolen property agg fel)

United States v. Aguayo-Montes, No. 24-4072 (10th Cir. Mar. 17, 2026) * Padilla; ineffective assistance of counsel; affirmative misadvice; duty to inform of near certain removal; prima facie prejudice; insufficiency of plea warnings; affidavits;    Matter of Arevalo-Vargas, 29 I&N Dec. 519 (BIA 2026) * qualifying relative child ageing out during appeal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; children forced to pay for schooling   Matter of Z-R-C-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 523 (BIA 2026) * ineffective assistance of counsel against non-attorney; prima facie; domestic violence, family group, and asylum nexus; social distinction; approved SIJ; reopening   Hodzic v. Bondi, No. 24-1204 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2026) * sua sponte reopening; Niz Chavez; fundamental change in law; exceptional situation different from exceptional circumstances; BIA failure to explain; Loper Bright inapplicable; procedural due process; substantive due process right to remain with family   Hassan v. Bondi, No. 25-1049 (7th Cir. Mar. 16, 2026) * receipt of stolen property aggravated felony; Kentucky mens rea; constructive knowledge; ostrich defense; K.R.S. §§ 514.110, 506.010; certified question Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. [http://www.kktplaw.com/]Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration [https://bit.ly/3MS2r9u] http://www.kktplaw.com/"Immigration law software you’ll love to use." * get.eimmigration.com/IRP [http://get.eimmigration.com/IRP]   Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds [https://immigrationbond.com/] * P: (833) 409-9200 * immigrationbond.com [http://immigrationbond.com/]    EB-5 Support [https://eb-5support.com/] "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." * Contact: info@eb-5support.com * Website: https://eb-5support.com/ [https://eb-5support.com/] Stafi [https://getstafi.com/] "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" * Click me! [https://getstafi.com/schedule-a-call] The Pen and Sword [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/] * Click me! [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/events/9th-annual-immigration-court-trial-advocacy-college-2026/] * Discount code: ImmigrationReview26   Want to become a patron? * Click here to check out our Patreon Page! [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview] CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview * About your host [https://www.kktplaw.com/our-attorneys/kevin-a-gregg-esq-/] * Case notes [https://www.kktplaw.com/immigration-review-podcast/cases-discussed-on-the-immigration-review-podcast/] * Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) [https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1063330/episodes/%20https://publuu.com/flip-book/921530/2021063/page/18] * Featured in San Diego Voyager [http://sdvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kevin-gregg-of-crown-point/] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview]

Ep. 307 - Precedential Decisions from 3/9/2026 - 3/15/2026 (material support of terrorism waiver; fraud and application withdrawal; continuance & SIJ; admin closure & I-601A; flight risk & bond; past persecution; hardship; CSPA; age-out; F2A to F1)

Sufiyan v. Bondi, No. 22-6392 (2d. Cir. Mar. 12, 2026) * material support of terrorism waiver; duress; requirement to decide asylum and withholding of removal eligibility in the alternative   Matter of Texperts, Inc., 29 I&N Dec. 491 (AAO 2026) * fraud finding after withdrawal of application or petition; timely retraction; multiple H-1B petitions for same beneficiary; distinction between fraud or willful misrepresentation and remand for that reason; closely scrutinize fraud   Matter of Pinzon Rozo, 29 I&N Dec. 507 (BIA 2026) * continuance with approved SIJ petition; Visa Bulletin and wait times; DHS’s interest in resolving removal proceedings   Matter of Z-N-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 511 (BIA 2026) * address discrepancy; flight risk; bond; sponsor affidavit but failure to establish relationship   Matter of Medina Madrid, 29 I&N Dec. 514 (BIA 2026) * re calendaring; administrative closure; I-601A not filed yet   Maldonado-Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 25-1448 (1st Cir. Mar. 10, 2026) * past persecution; nexus; sexual orientation   Alonso-Juarez v. Bondi, No. 24-2476 (8th Cir. Mar. 12, 2026) * exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; substantial evidence review; ability to work in Mexico   Dekovic, et al. v. Rubio, et al., No. 24-1431 (10th Cir. Mar. 10, 2026) * CSPA; age-out; F2A to F1 reclassification; final agency action for APA lawsuit; 8 U.S.C. § 1151(f)(2); statutory purpose; legislative history of unanimous bipartisan Congress  Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. [http://www.kktplaw.com/]Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration [https://bit.ly/3MS2r9u] http://www.kktplaw.com/"Immigration law software you’ll love to use." * get.eimmigration.com/IRP [http://get.eimmigration.com/IRP]   Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds [https://immigrationbond.com/] * P: (833) 409-9200 * immigrationbond.com [http://immigrationbond.com/]    EB-5 Support [https://eb-5support.com/] "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." * Contact: info@eb-5support.com * Website: https://eb-5support.com/ [https://eb-5support.com/] Stafi [https://getstafi.com/] "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" * Click me! [https://getstafi.com/schedule-a-call] The Pen and Sword [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/] * Click me! [https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/events/9th-annual-immigration-court-trial-advocacy-college-2026/] * Discount code: ImmigrationReview26   Want to become a patron? * Click here to check out our Patreon Page! [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview] CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview * About your host [https://www.kktplaw.com/our-attorneys/kevin-a-gregg-esq-/] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/immigrationreview]