Author Archives: Mike Baker

Guidelines for Requesting Consideration of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals: Filing Process and Evidence

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Mike Baker

Do you qualify? Click here to see the Brochure; and here to see the Flowchart posted by USCIS on its website. USCIS provides a number of humanitarian programs and protection to assist individuals in need of shelter or aid from … Continue reading →

Posted in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities, Deferred Action Status, Illinois DREAM Act, Prosecutorial discretion, significant misdemeanors | Leave a comment

Inadmissibility and Waivers

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Mike Baker

GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AVAILABLE WAIVERS 9 FAM 40.6 EXHIBIT I See also INA: ACT 212 – GENERAL CLASSES OF ALIENS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VISAS AND INELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION; WAIVERS OF INADMISSIBILLITY Sec. 212. [8 U.S.C. 1182] Comprehensive chart listing of … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 and “Permanent” Bars, Non-Immigrant Waivers, Noncitizens Previously Removed or Unlawfully Present, Nonimmigrants, stand-alone waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(h), Uncategorized, Waivers, Waivers of Inadmissibility | Tagged | Leave a comment

CA7 denies review for failure to establish identity and that he was inspected and admitted

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Mike Baker

[1]-The alien was placed on inquiry notice of his proceeding by the 1997 detention because he found the incident important enough to tell his father soon after, so whether the alien was a juvenile or not, he was placed on … Continue reading →

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CA7 denies withholding to Mexican national as “particular social group” must be linked by something more than persecution

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Mike Baker

The BIA did not err by finding that an alien failed to identify a valid particular social group within the meaning of the statutes authorizing asylum and withholding of removal; The IJ and the BIA did not err by rejecting … Continue reading →

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CA7 denies motion to reopen filed almost nine years from the final administrative removal order

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Mike Baker

Patel v Holder, Case No. 13-2442 (C.A. 7. Apr. 1, 2014) Jyotsnaben and Pravin Patel petition for review of a denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals of their motion to reopen their removal proceedings. The Patels moved to reopen … Continue reading →

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