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. 2h ago

    Special Episode - Annual Supreme Court Roundup with Ira Kurzban (2025-2026 term)

    All about Ira Kurzban, KKTP, and Immigrants' List: Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/ Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Get involved with Immigrants' List: https://www.immigrantslist.org/Order Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: https://www.aila.org/shop/products/view/kurzbans-immigration-law-sourcebook 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

  2. 2d ago

    Ep. 325 - Precedential Decisions: 7/13/2026 - 07/19/2026 (habeas release pending appeal; ACA with Ecuador; Lozada compliance & bar complaint; hardship & foster care; VAWA motion to reopen deadline; nexus; gang recruitment; admitted in any status; DED)

    Fulton v. Mullin, et al., No. 25-194 (2d Cir. July 14, 2026) habeas; release pending appeal; Mapp; end stage renal disease  Matter of N-E-R-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 753 (BIA 2026) ACA with Ecuador; implementing agreement; interlocutory appeal  Matter of E-A-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 746 (BIA 2026) IJs cannot consider anything when DHS makes an asylum pretermission motion based on ACA with Ecuador; DHS failure to comply with IJ scheduling order  Matter of L-R-M-C- & V-A-M-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2026) Lozada compliance; ineffective assistance of counsel; requirement to provide contents of bar complaint and proof of filing  Matter of Lopez-Davila, 29 I&N Dec. 763 (BIA 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Ige presumption that child will join parent abroad; foster care not bad enough; nonparent can care for child  Burey v. Blanche, No. 25-1869 (4th Cir. July 14, 2026) VAWA motion to reopen deadline; ECAS and filing window rejection; failure to file I-360 before moving to reopen not fatal; attorney affidavit; deadline to file motion to reopen possible begins after appeal period ends  Flores-Turcios v. Blanche, No. 24-1338 (4th Cir. July 16, 2026) nexus; gang recruitment; extortion; CAT review – fact and law; Guatemala  Montesinos Cisneros v. Blanche, No. 23-1090 (4th Cir. July 17, 2026) admitted in any status; LPR cancellation of removal; DED; admission; statutory interpretation; lawful and unlawful status 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 VoyagerSupport the show

  3. Jul 14

    Ep. 324 - Precedential Decisions: 7/6/2026 - 07/12/2026 (El Salvador’s State of Exception; forced military conscription; particularly serious crime; Y-L-; embezzlement & fraud; immutability & Serbian soccer players; WH-only review; ineffective assista

    Aguilar-Villalobos v. Blanche, No. 23-6899 (2d Cir. July 8, 2026) adverse credibility; inconsistency; El Salvador’s State of Exception; intentionally horrendous prison conditions; prison as torture; CAT  Matter of R-A-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026) forced military conscription; atrocities; well-founded fear of persecution; nexus; Russia  Lopez-Lopez v. Blanche, No. 25-1924 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026) issue exhaustion   Guevara Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1429 (4th Cir. July 8, 2026) elements based approach to particularly serious crime analysis; Virginia assault and battery against a family member; credibility; CAT; El Salvador  Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2037 (4th Cir. July 9, 2026) embezzlement; Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-111; fraud or deceit definitions; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); concealment; categorical approach; I-130 continuance    Andric v. Blanche, No. 25-1448 (7th Cir. July 1, 2026) Serbian soccer players; particular social group waiver; employment immutability; nexus; IJ including boilerplate legal addendum  E.E.V., et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-2256 (7th Cir. July 6, 2026) jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling and reliance on old precedent; timeliness; substantive PFR challenge not required; venue    Sarr v. Blanche, No. 24-5264 (9th Cir. July 7, 2026) particularly serious crime; drug trafficking crime; Y-L- presumption; Loper Bright; star decisis  Menjivar-Ayala, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4562 (9th Cir. July 9, 2026) ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration; presumption of prejudice ; courtesy copy on noncitizen; reliance on immigration attorney 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

  4. Jul 7

    Ep. 323 - Precedential Decisions: 6/29/2026 - 07/5/2026 (birthright citizenship; bond for EWIs - due process & statutory; credibility; bond venue; withholding-only review & FARO PFR; child endangerment; strict Lozada compliance; reopening)

    Trump v. Barbara, et al., No. 25-365 (U.S. June 30, 2026) birthright citizenship; history; Second Founding  Sosnava Rodriguez, et al. v. Mullin, et al., No. 26-50183 (5th Cir. July 2, 2026) procedural and substantive due; right to a bond hearing after 90 days; Mathews; fundamental liberty interest for noncitizens; EWI detention; mandatory detention  Matter of T-D-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 732 (BIA 2026) credibility; clear error; failure to disclose military service in DS-160; fraud to enter U.S.; corroboration; prior false testimony; Burkina Faso Matter of Vizcaino Aybar, 29 I&N Dec. 736 (BIA 2026) bond; venue; jurisdiction  Riley v. Blanche, No. 22-1609 (4th Cir. July 2, 2026) withholding-only review; jurisdiction; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal; clear error; BIA fact finding; BIA stating standard but not applying it  Rivera-Mendoza, et. al v. Blanche, No. 21-70107 (9th Cir. June 25, 2026) child endangerment; statutory interpretation; Congressional intent; Cal. Pen. Code § 273a(a); Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.545(1); crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Loper Bright; criminal negligence mens rea; actus reas; dictionaries; general intent crimes   Morris v. Blanche, No. 25-3084 (6th Cir. June 25, 2026) firearms offense; motion to reopen; motion to reconsider; ineffective assistance of counsel; jurisdiction as a sword; concessions of counsel; strict Lozada compliance; proof of mailing  Santillan Quiroz v. Mullin, No. 26-6019 (10th Cir. June 30, 2026) no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); § 236(a); § 236(c); 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 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

  5. Jun 30

    Ep. 322 - Precedential Decisions: 6/22/2026 - 06/28/2026 (returning LPR; TPS; no more equal protection; metering; motion to reopen untimely appeal; PFR & FARO; discretionary asylum; ACA termination; hardship & discretion; M-A-M- safeguards; PSC)

    Blanche v. Lau, No. 25-429 (U.S. June 23, 2026) applicant for admission; returning LPR; parole  Mullin v. Doe (Miot), No. 25-1083 (U.S. June 25, 2026) TPS; jurisdiction; determination; termination; preliminary relief; equal protection    Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, No. 25-5 (U.S. June 25, 2026) canon against surplusage; presumption against extraterritoriality  Garcia Corrales v. Blanche, No. 24-6467 (9th Cir. June 24, 2026) motion to reopen dismissal for untimely appeal; mailing delay; new evidence; motion to reconsider not only way to challenge dismissal  Hayles v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-10516 (11th Cir. June 22, 2026) petition for review CAT; FARO; Riley; frivolous PFR; jurisdiction; brief cannot cure jurisdictional deficient PFR  Matter of P-A-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 708 (BIA 2026) discretionary denial of asylum where withholding of removal granted; multiple DUIs; fraud as negative discretionary factor for asylumImmigrants' List  Matter of T-A-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 715 (BIA 2026) ACA pretermitting asylum application; collateral relief; pending I-130  Matter of Best, 29 I&N Dec. 723 (BIA 2026) extreme hardship; § 212(h) waiver; discretion; arrests and convictions  Matter of C-L-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 726 (BIA 2026) M-A-M- safeguards; qualified representative; refusal to sell drugs; mental health claims in Honduras  Matter of G-L-C-, 29 I&N Dec. 717 (BIA 2026) drug delivery and particularly serious crime; N-A-M- element one; nature of the offense; Penn. Cons. Stat. § 780-113(a)(30); transgender women in Jamaica; United Kingdom’s Home Office reports 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

  6. Jun 23

    Ep. 321 - Precedential Decisions: 6/15/2026 - 06/21/2026 (30-day deadline to appeal to the BIA; equitable tolling; particularly social group articulation; ACA agreements; safe third country; forced abortion; corroboration; incorrect document translation

    Baro v. Blanche, No. 25-3894 (6th Cir. June 16, 2026) 30-day deadline to appeal to the BIA; claims processing rule; equitable tolling; health crisis; difficulty in finding an attorney; diligence  Alves-Pains v. Blanche, No. 24-1895 (1st Cir. June 18, 2026) particularly social group articulation; women unable to leave; nuclear family +; reconsideration  Matter of A-C-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 703 (BIA 2026) ACA agreements; safe third country; evidentiary hearing; continuances; individualized risk; interlocutory appeal Matter of Y-H-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 698 (BIA 2026)  forced abortion in China; asylum officer testimony regarding pattern of fraud; opportunity to explain onconsistencies; corbboration requirement; ineffective assistance of counsel and translation issues in documentsContact Zel for translations! Haiti TPS Article 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

  7. Jun 16

    Ep. 320 - Precedential Decisions: 6/8/2026 - 06/14/2026 (petition for review withholding of removal; Matter of Y-L-; BIA stays; sua sponge reopening; reweighing evidence; crime of violence; recklessness; violation of a protective order)

    Laureano v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-2433 (3d Cir. May 29, 2026) petition for review withholding of removal; reinstatement; Riley; Matter of Y-L- presumption  Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 691 (BIA 2026) stay pending motion to reopen; requirement to file stay with DHS first; procedural rules; administrative efficiency; power to create discretionary policies  Matter of Herrera-Nunez, 29 I&N Dec. 695 (BIA 2026) sua sponte motion to reopen; equities acquired post-removal order  Dodaj v. Blanche, No. 25-3409 (6th Cir. June 8, 2026) LPR cancellation of removal; BIA reweighing evidence; waiver of removability argument; HYTA youth conviction in Michigan as a minor  Senatus v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 24-10514 (11th Cir. June 8, 2026) Borden; crime of violence; recklessness; Fla. Stat. § 784.021(a); Somers; Florida Supreme Court change in law tells what statute always meant; favorable exhaustion standard  Tiah v. Blanche, No. 24-2010 (8th Cir. June 8, 2026) INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(ii); violation of a protective order; circumstance specific approach; no requirement to submit violation; N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31.2-02 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

  8. Jun 9

    Ep. 319 - Precedential Decisions: 6/1/2026 - 06/7/2026 (PSG - must consider all claims, family, nationwide social distinction; crime of child abuse; mandatory detention; discretion & crimes; particularly serious crime; AI sanctions; equitable tolling)

    Alvarado-Paz v. Blanche, No. 25-1119 (4th Cir. June 1, 2026) nexus; BIA missing particular social groups; Salvadoran women; substantial evidence review; CAT assessment; asserting correct particular social groups before IJ  Uddin v. Blanche, No. 24-1067 (4th Cir. June 5, 2026) crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); sexual images of children on filing sharing platform; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(iii); review of criminal elements at time of actions and not conviction  Matter of N-A-G-C-, 29 I&N Dec 662 (BIA 2026) mandatory detention; SIJ; Hurtado  Matter of Mills, 29 I&N Dec. 668 (BIA 2026) LPR cancellation of removal; discretionary balancing of factors; criminal history; longtime residence; crimes against persons; going behind record of conviction   Matter of J-O-A-, 29 I&N Dec 672 (BIA 2026) particularly serious crime and fraud or deceit; health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347; N-A-M- analysis; kidnapping CAT; Nigeria  Matter of S-E-M-Z-, 29 I&N Dec 680 (BIA 2026) nationwide social distinction; family-based particular social group; gang recruitment; but-for nexus standard  Perez-Castillo v. Blanche, No. 25-1988 (7th Cir. June 1, 2026) AI use in legal briefs; sanctioning attorneys; contract attorneys; ghost writing fake citations; battery in violation of 720 ILCS 5/12-3(a)(1); crime of domestic violence; hardship; waiving  dispositive argument  Lnu, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4790 (9th Cir. June 3, 2026) AI use in legal briefs; sanctioning attorneys; contract attorneys; ghost writing fake citations; candor to the court  Bonilla-Espinoza v. Blanche, No. 25-9552 (10th Cir. June 1, 2026) untimely motion to reopen; equitable tolling; diligence; new evidence in affidavit; extraordinary circumstances; BIA reasoned decision making requirement   Muchiri v. Blanche, No. 25-1340 (1st Cir. June 3, 2026) BIA failure to consider arguments; ethnicity; family-status claims; Mungiki; Kenya 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

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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
    357
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 ® Immigration Review
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