Immigration Review

Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)
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A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Tuesday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 318 - Precedential Decisions: 5/25/2026 - 05/31/2026 (adjustment & missed BIA briefing; past persecution; untimely DHS appeal; lack of candor about criminal history; 204(c) & I-130 revocation; danger; crime of violence; hardship; corroboration)

    Buckley v. Blanche, No. 24-1957 (1st Cir. May 29, 2026) review of adjustment of status denial; later filed BIA brief; failure to provide reasoned consideration; substantial Lozada compliance; IJ duty to develop the record; prejudice   Matter of A-H-D-, 29 I&N Dec. 642 (BIA 2026) past persecution in the Ninth Circuit; police beatings; unable or unwilling to protect and tribal resolution of conflict; Mauritania  Matter of Germain, 29 I&N Dec. 648 (BIA 2026) untimely DHS appeal; LPR cancellation of removal; weighing factors with criminal history; failure to show remorse; denying criminal conduct where there is no conviction   Matter of Nwagwu, 29 I&N Dec. 651 (BIA 2026) INA § 204(c); revoking I-130 petition; sworn statement from ex-spouse; failure of mother to identify spouse  Matter of Martinez-Rodriguez, 29 I&N Dec. 656 (BIA 2026)    bond; dangerousness; single misdemeanor conviction  Matter of Richards, 29 I&N Dec 658 (BIA 2026)                                                                                                                                                            LPR cancellation of removal; lack of candor about criminal history; Texas marijuana possession; adverse credibility; discretionary weighing; rehabilitation   United States v. Scott, No. 25-4048 (4th Cir. May 26, 2026) crime of violence; robbery; Parham; VA Code § 18.2-53.1  Lopez-Vasquez v. Blanche, No. 25-1338 (8th Cir. May 29, 2026) extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; voluntary departure moot when removed during petition for review; no due process review to non-LPR cancellation of removal denial  Nwosu v. Blanche, No. 25-3831 (6th Cir. May 29, 2026) corroboration; kidnapping in Nigeria; opportunity to explain missing evidence; exceptional and extremely unusualn hardship; substantial evidence   Argueta Castillo v. Blanche, No. 25-1297 (1st Cir. May 27, 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; sleep walking; lazy eye; aggregate hardship  Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

    59 min

  2. May 26

    Ep. 317 - Precedential Decisions: 5/18/2026 - 05/24/2026 (right to counsel; motion to change venue; DESPERATE NEED for neutral arbiter; Mexican mental health claims; nexus & fear of family; crime of violence; carjacking)

    Rodriguez-Solis v. Blanche, No. 24-1937 (4th Cir. May 21, 2026) right to counsel; continuance; prejudice; importance of immigration attorney   Matter of I-B-M-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 628 (BIA 2026) motion to change venue; webex hearing; off the record discussions; IJ bias; IJ as neural arbiter  Matter of L-A-D-, 29 I&N Dec 634 (BIA 2026) Mexican mental health; schizophrenia; particularity; social distinction; series of suppositions and speculation for asylum  Vasquez-Chavez v. Blanche, No. 25-1306 (1st Cir. May 22, 2026) fear of family; nexus; failure to corroborate; El Salvador  United States v. Pimental, No. 24-1910 (1st Cir. May 20, 2026) crime of violence; carjacking in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 21A; assault; realistic probability test Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

    36 min

  3. May 19

    Ep. 316 - Precedential Decisions: 5/11/2026 - 05/17/2026 (no mandatory detention of EWIs; seeking admission; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncitizens; past persecution; reasonable relocation in India; Sikh; Urias Orellana)

    Lopez-Campos, et al. v. Raycraft, et al., No. 25-1965 (6th Cir. May 11, 2026) no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; statutory interpretation; longstanding agency interpretation; legislative history; use of the word “otherwise”; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncitizens  B. Singh v. Blanche, No. 24-815 (9th Cir. May 15, 2026) past persecution; beatings; threats; reasonable relocation in India; Law Library of Congress report; Mann Party; Sikh; Urias Orellana; substantial evidence Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

    26 min

  4. May 12

    Ep. 315 - Precedential Decisions: 5/4/2026 - 05/10/2026 (IJ duty to develop record; Mexico - CAT & informants, dv asylum, "arrival" & serious nonpolitical crime; time barred MTR & asylum; bond for EWIs; denatz & NTA advisals; consular nonreviewability)

    Diahn v. Blanche, No. 24-2066 (4th Cir. May 5, 2026) IJ duty to develop record; pro se respondents; no hearing notice; prejudice;  duty to advise about witnesses; exhaustion   Matter of J-E-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2026) CAT; FBI informants; evidence specific to applicant; unknown identity of kidnappers  Matter of C-P-Y-, 29 I&N Dec. 610 (BIA 2026) LPR “arrival”; serious nonpolitical crime; return from abroad; sex trafficking; probable cause; Red Notice; Mexican arrest warrant; I-213; pro se admissions; due process; incompetent noncitizens; LPR cancellation  Matter of V-A-B-, 29 I&N Dec. 621 (BIA 2026) Mexican woman unable to leave their marriage; particular social group; domestic violence; no presumption of valid marriage just because of kids; A-B-  Prado-Majano v. Blanche, No. 25-60040 (5th Cir. May 7, 2026) material change in personal circumstances; time bar to motion to reopen; nationwide change required; equitable tolling; underlying ineffective assistance of counsel; pro se before the BIA; extermination group  Mohammed v. Blanche, No. 25-1901 (7th Cir. May 6, 2026) &  Castanon-Nava v. DHS,  No. 25-3050 (7th Cir. May 5, 2026) untimely asylum; jurisdiction; Wilkinson; Guerrero-Lasprilla; Muslims in India; slaughterhousewarrantless arrest; mandatory detention for EWIs; consent decree    United States v. Singh, No. 25-1523 (6th Cir. May 5, 2026) denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; collateral consequences; Padilla; Chaidez; Farhane  Sanchez Gonzalez, et al. v. DOS, et al., No. 23-4205 (9th Cir. Apr. 30, 2026) doctrine of consular nonreviewability; Munoz; Mandel; First Amendment rights of U.S. citizen spouse; legitimate and bona fide reason; void for vagueness; INA § 212(a)(3)(A)(ii); tattoos    Urquia-Yanez v. Blanche, No. 25-1136 (9th Cir. May 8, 2026) in absentia motion to reopen due process; no requirement to provide NTA advisals in foreign language   Alvarez, et al. v. FDC Miami Warden, et al., No. 25-14065 (11th Cir. May 6, 2026) no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; statutory interpretation; longstanding agency interpretation; legislative history Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com  Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Support the show

    1h 9m

  5. May 5

    Ep. 314 - Precedential Decisions: 4/27/2026 - 05/3/2026 (no mandatory detention for EWIs; bond & FBI; in absentia - children & exceptional circumstances; tolling; credibility; 204(c); foreign convictions)

    Barbosa Da Cunha v. Freden, No. 25-3141 (2d Cir. Apr. 28, 2026) no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text   Matter of Shentu, 29 I&N Dec. 595 (BIA 2026) bond; FBI Letterhead Memorandum; national security risk  Matter of Orozco Becerra and Orozco Becerra, 29 I&N Dec. 600 (BIA 2026) in absentia removal order against minors; administrative closure; shall  Nimaga v. Blanche, No. 20-3065 (7th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026) in absentia motion to reopen; failure to attend due to exceptional circumstances; poverty; lack of access to vehicle; ability to call court; delayed issuance of mandate  Oxlaj-Perez v. Blanche, No. 25-3337 (6th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026) equitable tolling; claims processing rule; no argument required until reply; extending 30 day PFR deadline; Riley; ignorance and lack of money insufficient; diligence   Deh v. Blanche, No. 25-3659 (6th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026) flawed interpretation; due process; motion to reopen inconsistencies; credibility; Mauritania   Us v. Blanche, No. 25-3504 (6th Cir. Apr. 29, 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkison; substantial evidence review; Urias  Hanan, et al. v. USCIS et al., No. 24-6193 (9th Cir. Apr. 27, 2026) marriage fraud; INA § 204(c); statutory interpretation; Mathews Test; no right to cross-examine ex-spouse; sworn statements; Ching; I-130 discovery; due process requires consideration of the evidence Coatl-Chiquito v. Blanche, No. 25-1233 (7th Cir. Apr. 30, 2026) in absentia motion to reopen; time bar; number bar; sua sponte; Pereira; Niz-Chavez; defective NTA; removal v. deportation proceedings Usma Acosta v. Blanche, No. 25-1045 (1st Cir. May 1, 2026) fraud and willful misrepresentation; INTERPOL Red Notice; murder; foreign criminal convictions; credibility; asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; cancellation of removal; naturalization; motion to reopen Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   EB-5 Support "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." Contact: info@eb-5support.comWebsite: https://eb-5support.com/ Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Support the show

    1h 18m

  6. Apr 28

    Ep. 313 - Precedential Decisions: 4/20/2026 - 04/26/2026 (anti-gang political opinion; opposition to gang recruitment; de fact government; credibility; DHS failure to appear; DACA & termination; good moral character; Matter of K)

    Lopez Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1225 (1st Cir. Apr. 23, 2026) anti-gang political opinion; opposition to gang recruitment; imputed political opinion; quasi government; fact-intensive analysis; religion; ignoring protected ground; nexus  Matter of D-G-E-A- & N-G-G-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 570 (BIA 2026) anti-gang political opinion; definition of political opinion; discrete cause tied to a government; de facto government; family and gender type particular social groups; machismohttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20ql985gryo   Matter of R-A-U-, 29 I&N Dec. 582 (BIA 2026) credibility; stowaway; inconsistent affidavits; firm resettlement; asylum application in Germany; bisexual; Morocco  Matter of E-N-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 586 (BIA 2026) credibility; inconsistencies in medical documents; Anglophone in Cameroon; pattern or practice of persecution with family members still living in country  Matter of Arana Castillo, et al., 29 I&N Dec. 593 (BIA 2026) DHS not appearing for court; termination; obligation to take pleadings  Matter of Santiago-Santiago, 29 I&N Dec. 589 (BIA 2026) discretionary termination; receipt of DACA; intent to file I-130; recusal; IJ bias  Sandoval Diaz v. Blanche, No. 24-1062 (4th Cir. Apr. 20, 2026) good moral character; Matter of K inapplicable to relief and with counsel; IJ conducting direct; admission to dealing cocaine despite charges dismissed; IJ issuing subpoenas  Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   EB-5 Support "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." Contact: info@eb-5support.comWebsite: https://eb-5support.com/ Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Support the show

    47 min

  7. Apr 21

    Ep. 312 - Precedential Decisions: 4/13/2026 - 04/19/2026 (clear error review; no closing argument; alleged national security threat; Secretary of State letter; alleged fraud; conviction & community service; hardship & Roma; aggravated felony rape)

    Taveras Martinez v. Blanche, No. 24-1741 (1st Cir. Apr. 17, 2026) adjustment of status; clear error review; use of false identity and intent; discretion  Matter of A-M-Z-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 551 (BIA 2026) due process; prejudice; no right to closing argument; Coptic Christians; Muslim Brotherhood; adverse credibility; Egypt   Matter of M-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 556 (BIA 2026) alleged national security threat to Jewish students; Secretary of State letter; INA § 237(a)(4)(C)(i); fraud or willful misrepresentation; failure to list UN internship; INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; asylum and protection from Algeria and Syria; discovery  Gardner v. Blanche, No. 24-1553 (4th Cir. Apr. 14, 2026) conviction; community service INA § 101(a)(48)(A); North Caroling misdemeanor larceny; two CIMTs; non-LPR cancellation of removal;  Prayer for Judgment Continued (PJC)  Petrov v. Blanche, No. 20-3517 (7th Cir. Apr. 14, 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship review; mistreatment of Roma; gypsies; Germany; motion to reopen and previously unavailable evidence; financial hardship  United States v. Gonzalez-Reyes, No. 23-3532 (9th Cir. Apr. 15, 2026) aggravated felony rape; duress; non-violent coercion; unpublished decision satisfies realistic probability test; Cal. Pen. Code § 261(a)(2); criminal illegal reentry; contemporaneous dictionaries over the model penal code; state rape laws not helpful; battle of the dictionaries Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   EB-5 Support "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." Contact: info@eb-5support.comWebsite: https://eb-5support.com/ Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! The Pen and Sword Click me!Discount code: ImmigrationReview26  Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notes Support the show

    50 min

  8. Apr 14

    Ep. 311 - Precedential Decisions: 4/6/2026 - 04/12/2026 (FARO; Riley; ICE emails; termination; in absentia; ICE non-appearance in court; particular social group exhaustion; nexus; pro se exhaustion; mootness; deficient Form I-693)

    Velazquez-Olais v. Blanche, No. 25-1244 (7th Cir. Apr. 6, 2026)   FARO; Riley; ICE emails; review of ICE decision refusing to reopen FARO   Matter of Bolivar-Bolivar, 29 I&N Dec. 548 (BIA 2026)  termination; in absentia; DHS burden to prove alienage; DHS need not appear; Tepec-Garcia   Gamas-Vicente v. Blanche, No. 25-3415 (6th Cir. Apr. 7, 2026)  particular social group exhaustion; due process and interpreters; new particular social group on petition for review   Santana Gonzalez v. Blanche, No. 16-70793 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2026)  asylum; nexus; pro se exhaustion; Ninth Circuit stay policies    Mukhtar v. Lambrecht, et al., No. 24-1451 (10th Cir. Apr. 8, 2026)  mootness; denial of adjustment based on deficient Form I-693; Class B medical issue; action capable of repetition yet evading review; voluntary cessation  Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP  Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com   EB-5 Support "EB-5 Support is an ongoing mentorship and resource platform created specifically for immigration attorneys." Contact: info@eb-5support.comWebsite: https://eb-5support.com/ Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! The Pen and Sword Click me!Discount code: ImmigrationReview26  Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

    33 min
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A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Tuesday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/

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  • Creator
    Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    348
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    Clean
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    © 2026 ® Immigration Review
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