Author Archives: Mike Baker

CA7 lacked jurisdiction and cannot second-guess Bd.’s decision that conviction qualified as “particularly serious”

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Mike Baker

CA7 lacked jurisdiction to consider alien’s appeal of Bd.’s order finding that she was ineligible for relief on her application for withholding of removal due to her Wisconsin conviction on charge of first-degree reckless injury that arose out of incident … Continue reading →

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Immigration Judge Benchbook, Templates

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Mike Baker

The Immigration Judge Benchbook-OLD EOIR Judge Benchbook removed 2017-03-09 Templates Tools for IJ Immigration Court Practice Manual AG/BIA Decisions Headnotes from BIA precedent cases BIA Practice Manual The IMMIGRATION JUDGE BENCHBOOK, including all files and hyperlinks therein contained, is a … Continue reading →

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FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMIGRATION LAW

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Mike Baker

FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMIGRATION LAW by Charles A. Wiegand, III Former Immigration Judge, Oakdale, Louisiana Revised February 2016 Sarah Cade, Staff Attorney, Board of Immigration Appeals Judith Pond, Attorney Advisor, OCIJ Vanessa Woodman de Lazo, Attorney Advisor, OCIJ TABLE OF CONTENTS … Continue reading →

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BIA Precedent Decisions Volume 26 (2012-2017) Executive Office for Immigration Review

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Mike Baker

BIA Precedent Decisions Volume 25 (3643 – 3765) BIA Precedent Decisions Volume 26 (2012-2017 (3766-3886) Executive Office for Immigration Review BIA Precedent Decisions Volume 27 (Volume 27 (3887-2017-) Executive Office for Immigration Review FLORES-ABARCA, 26 I&N Dec. 992 (BIA 2017) … Continue reading →

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CA7 affirms BIA denial of Asylum, declined remand because no evidence presented to show that new claim was previously unavailable

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Mike Baker

Barragan-Ojeda v. Sessions, No. 16-2964 (7th Cir. 2017) Barragan‐Ojeda, an 18-year-old citizen of Mexico, entered the U.S. without authorization in 2013. He was apprehended at the border and requested asylum. Before an immigration judge, he claimed that a Mexican criminal … Continue reading →

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