Phone: 312-714-2800
-
Recent Posts
- The Adjudicator’s Field Manual, Made Usable: A Searchable Reference with Live USCIS Status and Caselaw June 14, 2026
- Filed on Time. Still Waiting. DACA Renewal Delays, Advance Parole Traps, SIJ Deferred Action, and the Illinois License Cascade That Nobody Warned Anyone About June 4, 2026
- One Judge, One Hundred Respondents, One Morning: Inside DOJ’s “Mega Master” Hearings May 31, 2026
- USCIS Declares Adjustment of Status “Administrative Grace,” Not a Right — What PM-602-0199 Does to Your I-485 May 22, 2026
- BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month: Domestic Violence and Mental Health Claims Fail the Same Test May 22, 2026
Archives
Categories
RSS FeedLinks
- CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 25-M-397(SCD) CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 25-M-397(SCD)
- Law Offices of Michael D. Baker
-
Category Archives: withholding of removal
CA7 upholds IJ’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal relief for 58‐year‐old citizen of El Salvador
Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal relief, even though alien claimed that he had fear of future persecution if forced to return to El Salvador because certain gangs would … Continue reading
CA7 remands for reconsideration of risk of persecution on account of his HIV status and perceived homosexuality for withholding of removal to Honduras
A divided CA7 has given a man who is HIV positive another chance to fight efforts to deport him to his native Honduras. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals directed the immigration judge who presided over Rigoberto Velasquez-Banegas’ case … 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
CA7 grants withholding of removal for citizen of Botswana and female genital mutilation (FGM) claim
Ct. of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to consider alien’s appeal of Bd.’s denial of her asylum application, where basis of denial was Bd.’s finding that said application was untimely as being filed more than one year after her arrival in U.S. … Continue reading
CA7 dismissed petition for review as it lacks jurisdiction to review agency’s discretionary decisions
Jankovic, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was admitted to the U.S. as a refugee in 2003 and received permanent residence status in 2005, but was ordered removed on the ground that he obtained that status by fraud. He concedes … Continue reading
