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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Seventh Circuit finds BIA summary affirmance procedure to benefit noncitizens and not just DHS
Ward v. Holder No. 10-2063 United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2011 U.S. App. Lexis 1184 (January 21, 2011) A petition for review, by natives and citizens of Philippines, a BIA’s affirmance of an IJ’s finding that … Continue reading
Posted in 7th Circuit, 7th Circuit Cases- Aliens
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Approval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of the Director December 16, 2010 PM-602-0017 Policy MemorandumApproval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative The DHS had determined that if the petitioner died before a case was complete … Continue reading
Posted in Adjustment of Status
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HB 2281 (you know, Arizona’s other new racist law) Ethnic Chauvinism
Chicano Studies Teach “Ethnic Chauvinism,” Says AZ School Chief Tom Horne HB 2281 (you know, Arizona’s other new racist law), the one ostensibly meant to protect American students from anti-American curriculum in the state’s public schools. The law forbids any … Continue reading
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ALVARADO FONSECA v. HOLDER- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, ex post facto clause 7th Circuit
A Mexican citizen’s petition for review of the BIA’s dismissal of his appeal of an IJ’s deportation order on the ground that his 1984 state court conviction for armed robbery constituted an aggravated felony, is denied where: 1) because petitioner … Continue reading
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