Category Archives: BIA

What happens when your Immigration Case is Denied? Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals or Federal Courts from denial by IJ/officer

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Mike Baker

What Happens If Your Immigration Case is Denied? The Immigration Act provides the opportunity to appeal decisions of immigration officers or immigration judges to a higher level. How, and which court or agency, your appeal should be directed is the … Continue reading →

Posted in 7th Circuit, 7th Circuit Cases- Aliens, BIA, carry or possess any firearm | Leave a comment

Matter of Urena #3663, 25 I&N Dec. 140 (BIA 2009) Dangerous aliens are properly detained without bond pending the completion of proceedings

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Mike Baker

Matter of Urena, Interim Decision #3663, 25 I&N Dec. 140 (BIA 2009) Dangerous aliens are properly detained without bond pending the completion of proceedings to remove them from the United States. Only if an alien has established that he would … Continue reading →

Posted in BIA, Board of Immigration Appeals | Leave a comment

Criminal facilitation is not an “aggravated felony” as illicit trafficking

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Mike Baker

In an unpublished decision, the BIA held that a conviction for criminal facilitation in New York does not constitute an illicit trafficking type of aggravated felony. Taylor, A xx-xxx-801, slip op. (BIA Nov. 5, 2009)

Posted in Aggravated felony, BIA, Board of Immigration Appeals, Deportation for Drug Crimes | Leave a comment

Matter of MARTINEZ ESPINOZA, 25 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2009) conviction for possession or use of drug paraphernalia

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Mike Baker

(1) An alien may be rendered inadmissible under section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (2006), on the basis of a conviction for possession or use of drug paraphernalia. (2) An alien who is inadmissible … Continue reading →

Posted in BIA, Board of Immigration Appeals | Leave a comment

Deportation for Drug Crimes

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Mike Baker

The Supreme Court ruled, by an 8-1 vote, that conviction of a drug crime that is a felony under state law but only a misdemeanor under federal law is not kind the kind of offense that triggers potential deporation. Justice … Continue reading →

Posted in 7th Circuit Cases- Aliens, Aggravated felony, BIA, Board of Immigration Appeals, Chicago Immigration Court, Deportation, Deportation for Drug Crimes, Immigration Judge | Leave a comment