Although petitioner, a native of El Salvador, was convicted of the aggravated felony of receipt of stolen property after entering the U.S. illegally and later obtaining permanent legal resident status, he nevertheless is eligible for a waiver pursuant to § ...

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

Applying the provisions of the REAL ID Act to credibility findings by an immigration judge, the 4th Circuit upholds adverse credibility findings against a Sikh who claims he will be persecuted or tortured if returned to his native India, and ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Allyson K. Duncan

An El Salvadoran native loses his request for review of the Board of Immigrations Appeals’ final order saying he was ineligible for a “special removal” cancellation of deportation under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act of 1997; the 4th ...

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

A client’s right to be advised that he could face deportation after a guilty plea is not a “watershed rule” that applies retroactively, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says. In an opinion released today, the appellate court upheld ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Immigration

Advocates clashed Monday over whether a new U.S. Supreme Court decision gives a victory to those who favor allowing police to ask for documentation from suspected illegal immigrants without probable cause. The chair of the Prince William County board of ...

Tagged with: Immigration U.S. Supreme Court

A woman convicted in 2001 of ecstasy distribution cannot show the required “good moral character,” even though the distribution was not for commercial gain, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court says denial of her application for naturalized U.S. citizenship was ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant who agreed to sponsor his mother as an immigrant from Rwanda with his I-864 Affidavit of Support is ordered to pay $10,153 to make good on that promise after his mother suffered a stroke and was hospitalized before ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Section 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act does not bar an alien who adjusts his status post-entry to lawful permanent resident from seeking a waiver of inadmissibility, and the 4th Circuit grants a petition filed by this married father ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge James A. Wynn Jr.

An Afghan native who became a naturalized U.S. citizen and works as a translator cannot overturn his convictions for making false statements on passport applications based on identifying himself on the applications as the “father” of his three stepsons; although ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

Although a D.C. court set aside defendant’s conviction for distributing cocaine in a drug-free zone, the conviction still counts for immigration purposes and is an absolute bar to obtaining citizenship, the 4th Circuit says. The D.C. Superior Court suspended defendant’s ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Albert Diaz