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Monthly Archives: June 2026
A Charge Is Enough: Blanche v. Lau and the Green-Card Holder’s New Limbo. Proof Can Wait. Your Status Can’t
Law Offices of Michael D. Baker, Chicago U.S. Supreme CourtOct. Term 2025 A green card is supposed to mean you belong here. Blanche v. Lau says it means that only until a border officer decides it does not — and … Continue reading
Matter of A-C-M- and Removal to Ecuador on the Papers: Summary Judgment Comes to Immigration Court
How a three-decision trilogy and the U.S.–Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement let the government deport a pro se Venezuelan to a country the State Department tells Americans not to enter — by asking the wrong legal question. Maracaibo, Venezuela → Guayaquil, … Continue reading
Posted in BIA & Federal Appeals
Tagged 8 CFR 1240.11, Asylum Cooperative Agreement, BIA, Celotex, Convention Against Torture, due process, Ecuador, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, INA 208(a)(2)(A), Lewis v. Faulkner, Matter of A-C-M-, Matter of C-I-G-M-, Matter of H-A-A-V-, mega master calendar, motion to pretermit, petition for review, pretermission, pro se respondents, safe third country, Seventh Circuit, summary judgment, Timms v. Frank, U.T. v. Bondi, Venezuela, withholding of removal
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The Adjudicator’s Field Manual, Made Usable: A Searchable Reference with Live USCIS Status and Caselaw
Adjudicator’s Field Manual — Working Reference Law Offices of Michael D. Baker Adjudicator’s Field Manual Working reference · 163 sections · 30 chapters Live Superseded Reserved ⚖ Caselaw Introductory — Overview & General Interest Ch. 1 Organization and Content of the Adjudicator's Field Manual … Continue reading
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Filed on Time. Still Waiting. DACA Renewal Delays, Advance Parole Traps, SIJ Deferred Action, and the Illinois License Cascade That Nobody Warned Anyone About
PM-602-0198 · Matter of Santiago-Santiago, 29 I&N Dec. 589 (BIA 2026) · PP 10949 & 10998 · REAL ID Act, Pub. L. 109-13 · 8 C.F.R. § 274a.12 · 18 U.S.C. §§ 2721–2725 (DPPA) · 625 ILCS 5/6-105.1 · 5 … Continue reading
Posted in CDL Illinois, DACA, DACA Renewal
Tagged advance parole, DACA, DACA renewal, deferred action, DPPA, Driver's Privacy Protection Act, EAD, employment authorization, ICE, Illinois immigration law, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois TRUST Act, immigration enforcement, immigration law, PM-602-0198, practice advisory, Presidential Proclamation 10998, REAL ID, SIJ, Special Immigrant Juvenile, Temporary Visitor Driver’s License, travel ban, TVDL
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