A citizen of Ghana and his current wife cannot overturn the Board of Immigration Appeals’ rejection of her I-130 petition for an alien relative based on the BIA’s finding that husband committed fraud in his marriage to his prior wife; ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Honduran citizen who pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the U.S. after removal following a felony conviction cannot overturn his term of three years’ supervised release on the ground that his lawyer failed to properly advise him about that ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Robert B. King

The 4th Circuit denies an El Salvadoran citizen’s petition to review a removal order based on her claim that federal agents committed an “egregious” violation of her Fourth Amendment rights when they entered her home at 5:00 a.m., to execute ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Clyde H. Hamilton

The 4th Circuit vacates a removal order for a Filipino native who is a lawful permanent resident with a 1990 Maryland conviction for “causing abuse to a child,” which does not qualify as an “aggravated felony” under federal sentencing guidelines. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Barbara Milano Keenan

An El Salvadoran mother who face repeated death threats from members of the Mara 18 gang when she refused to let her 12-year-old son join the gang has proven her eligibility for asylum, and the 4th Circuit grants her petition ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Dennis W. Shedd

The 4th Circuit has no jurisdiction to review denial of a motion to reopen denial of an I-130 petition filed by a man on behalf of the adult son he fathered while working for off-shore oil rigs in Nigeria during ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Dennis W. Shedd

The 4th Circuit affirms the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of a Salvadoran woman’s application for cancellation of removal, based on her commission of a “crime involving moral turpitude” – a petit-larceny offense – that rendered her ineligible for relief ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

A Mexican national who served 181 days in prison for illegal entry into the U.S. cannot overturn a Board of Immigration Appeals order of removal based on a determination that he cannot establish the good moral character required to apply ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

Virginia prosecutors may have an ethical duty to avoid plea bargains that could lead to defendants’ deportation under new guidance from the Virginia State Bar, but only in limited circumstances. A final VSB legal ethics opinion arising from so-called Padilla ...

Tagged with: Commonwealth's Attorneys Ethics Immigration Legal Ethics Opinion Virginia State Bar

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says an Egyptian national cannot overturn denial of his application for naturalization based on his history as a practicing polygamist; petitioner married an Egyptian woman in Egypt in order to have children after his American ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District