Monthly Archives: December 2009

Changes to the Vaccination Requirements, Adjustment of Status, Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Mike Baker

Changes to the Vaccination Requirements for Purposes of Adjustment of Status and the Completion of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record.Download Memo (12-15-2009) This memorandum advises USCIS officers of the revised vaccination requirements for health-related admissibility under … Continue reading →

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Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder Supreme Court grants cert on multiple drug possession issue

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Mike Baker

On whether any second or subsequent drug possession offense must be deemed a drug trafficking aggravated felony. The case is Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder. Granted December 14, 2009. Docket: 09-60 The specific question presented to the Court in this case is: … Continue reading →

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Benitez Ramos 7th Circuit El Salvador withholding of removal former gang member

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Mike Baker

Record failed to support Bd.’s denial of alien’s application for withholding of removal where alien (native of El Salvador) alleged that he would be persecuted by members of criminal gang on account of his status as former member of gang … Continue reading →

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Matter of Maria del Carmen MARTINEZ-SERRANO

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Mike Baker

(1) An alien’s conviction for aiding and abetting other aliens to evade and elude examination and inspection by immigration officers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2(a) (2006) and 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(2) (2006) establishes that the convicted alien is … Continue reading →

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‘Honest services’ a key component of U.S. anti-fraud statutes, key issue in Black appeal http://bit.ly/8Uo475

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Mike Baker

Issue: Whether the “honest services” clause of 18 U.S.C. § 1346 applies in cases where the jury did not find – nor did the district court instruct them that they had to find – that the defendants “reasonably contemplated identifiable … Continue reading →

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