Category Archives: Board of Immigration Appeals

EOIR Immigration Law Advisor

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Mike Baker

EOIR Virtual Law Library – AG/BIA Precedent Decisions EOIR has published a monthly internal legal newsletter, the Immigration Law Advisor, since January 2007 summarizing new developments in immigration law. The Immigration Law Advisor includes a feature article about an issue … Continue reading →

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Matter of Maria del Carmen MARTINEZ-SERRANO

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Mike Baker

(1) An alien’s conviction for aiding and abetting other aliens to evade and elude examination and inspection by immigration officers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2(a) (2006) and 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(2) (2006) establishes that the convicted alien is … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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In an unpublished decision, the BIA held that a conviction for criminal facilitation in New York does not constitute an illicit trafficking type of aggravated felony.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)

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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 →

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