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Matter of Diji: The Board Killed a 25-Year Notice Rule It Didn’t Need To

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Mike Baker

Ifeanyi Diji showed up to collect his green card and learned he had already lost. On June 3, 2025, he walked into his marriage-based adjustment interview, married to a United States citizen, and found out an Immigration Judge had ordered … Continue reading →

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BIA Overrules Arrabally: Advance Parole Travel Is Now a “Departure” — And DACA Recipients Just Lost Their Last Clean Path to a Green Card

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Mike Baker

The Board of Immigration Appeals just took away the only clean path a whole category of DACA recipients had left. Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA Aug. 13, 2026) (Interim Decision #4233), overrules Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly, … Continue reading →

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Matter of A-C-M- and Removal to Ecuador on the Papers: Summary Judgment Comes to Immigration Court

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Mike Baker

How a three-decision trilogy and the U.S.–Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement let the government deport a pro se Venezuelan to a country the State Department tells Americans not to enter — by asking the wrong legal question. Maracaibo, Venezuela → Guayaquil, … Continue reading →

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BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month: Domestic Violence and Mental Health Claims Fail the Same Test

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Mike Baker

BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month — mikebakerlaw.com/blog MikeBakerLaw Immigration & Criminal Defense ⚖ BIA Precedent  ·  Immigration Law  ·  Asylum New BIA Precedent  ·  May 2026 BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month: Domestic Violence and … Continue reading →

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