4th Circuit: Alien child can seek waiver of removal despite death of parent
The Board of Immigration Appeals, or BIA, erred when it found a petitioner ineligible for waiver of removal because his U.S. citizen father was no longer living, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. In an opinion written by Judge Toby J. Heytens and joined by Judges Julius N. Richardson and Allison Jones […]
4th Circuit: No rubber-stamp of asylum rejection
A Guatemalan man seeking asylum will get a review of his case because an immigration judge applied an improper standard when determining whether the man reasonably feared persecution or torture if he were sent back to his home country, a unanimous 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled in a case of first […]
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