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Category Archives: 7th Circuit Cases- Aliens
CA7 upholds IJ denial of continuance to challenge marriage fraud finding and denial of adjustment of status
In 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) determined that Cadavedo, a native of the Philippines, had engaged in marriage fraud. During an interview, Cadavedo’s wife had admitted that Cadavedo had promised to pay her to marry him … Continue reading
CA7 finds BIA sua sponte remand did not reopen request for 212(c) relief but upholds deferral of removal under CAT for Iraq national
Turkhan, born in 1960 in Iraq, entered the U.S. in 1979, eventually becoming a legal permanent resident. He is an Assyrian Christian, has not left the U.S. since 1979, is married to a U.S. citizen, and is the father of … Continue reading
CA7 lacked jurisdiction to review BIA denial of discretionary 212(h) waiver where alien was involved in violent or dangerous crime
Bd. did not err in reversing IJ’s grant of alien’s application for waiver of inadmissibility under section 212(h) of INA, where: (1) alien became removable based on his prior conviction on charge of unarmed bank robbery, which, in turn, resulted … Continue reading
CA7 upholds IJ denial of Kyrgyzstan political asylum application
Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s asylum petition on grounds that alien was not credible, even though alien claimed that he faced persecution for his political activism as member of youth wing of political opposition party … Continue reading
CA7 upholds IJ finding that family members perceived as having money is not ‘membership in a particular social group’
Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s application for withholding of removal to Mexico based on his proposed social group of Mexican nationals whose family members have suffered persecution at hands of Zetas gang and other drug … Continue reading
