Author Archives: Mike Baker

USCIS Issues Interim Guidance on Providing Information on Appeals and Motions to Reopen or Reconsider in Denial Notices; Seeks Comments

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mike Baker

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released to the public an interim policy memorandum (IPM) dated January 26, 2011, providing USCIS adjudicators issuing denial notices guidance on advising petitioners and applicants as to whether they may file a motion … Continue reading →

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BIA Overrules Matter of Shanu in Part; Finds Alien Present in U.S. Pursuant to Admission Occurring More than Five Years Before CIMT Offense Is Not Deportable

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mike Baker

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) held in Matter of Alyazji, 25 I. & N. Dec. (B.I.A. Feb. 3, 2011), that, in general, an alien’s conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT) triggers removability under INA § … Continue reading →

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Seventh Circuit finds BIA summary affirmance procedure to benefit noncitizens and not just DHS

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Mike Baker

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 →

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Approval of Petitions and Applications after the Death of the Qualifying Relative

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mike Baker

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 →

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HB 2281 (you know, Arizona’s other new racist law) Ethnic Chauvinism

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Mike Baker

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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