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. 6d ago

    Ep. 327 - Precedential Decisions: 7/27/2026 - 08/2/2026 (class action; no EWI mandatory detention; flight risk, relief & speculation; good moral character & alien smuggling; Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5 & crime of violence; suppression; sua sponte & vacatur)

    Rodriguez Vazquez, et al. v. Bostock, et al., No. 25-6842 (9th Cir. July 30, 2026) class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity   Cirrus Rojas v. Olson, et al., No. 25-3127 (7th Cir. July 30, 2026) mootness; deemed; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text  Matter of A-L-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2026) bond; flight risk; speculative relief; clear error review; long time residence and employment in U.S. as negative factors for bond   Matter of L-L-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 2026) good moral character; possibly alien smuggling even if dropped off at the border; Al Otro Lado; INA § 101(f)(3);   Matter of A-W-M-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 805 (BIA 2026) bond; flight risk; USCIS decision as evidence; speculative relief; suspected human right violations; Afghanistan   United States v. Lopez, No. 24-3268 (9th Cir. July 28, 2026)  Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5; crime of violence; Borden; Gomez; mens rea and use of force; recklessness; general intent crimes; assault; battery; use of “willful” in statute not determinative  Perez-Hernandez v. Blanche, No. 25-3592 (6th Cir.  July 28, 2026) motion to suppress; egregious constitutional violate; race-based stop; Miranda warnings; intra familial dispute in Guatemala; nexus; relocation for CAT  Kim v. Blanche, No. 24-2042 (1st Cir. July 30, 2026) sua sponte motion to reopen; conviction vacatur; citation to vacatur statute alone sufficient to establish procedural or substantive defect; Super. Ct. R. Crim P. 11 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? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee 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. Jul 28

    Ep. 326 - Precedential Decisions: 7/20/2026 - 07/26/2026 (habeas; mental health indicia; past torture; humanitarian asylum; hardship & 212(h); unlawful voting; discretion; annual asylum fee; age-based PSG; child abuse; qualifying relative age-out)

    Extra case roundup Mahdawi v. Trump, 2026 WL 2090981 (2d Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)Suri v. Trump, 2026 WL 2123557 (4th Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C)Fuentes v. USCIS (4th Cir. July 24, 2026) – SIJ, statutory interpretation, and parental benefits  Rana v. Blanche, No. 25-1862 (1st Cir. July 23, 2026) M-A-M-; mental health safeguards and credibility; indicia of incompetency; IJ affirmative duty; Maoists; Nepal  Matter of H-L-S-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2026) no past torture; CAT; Mexico; Guatemala; Latin Kings; MS-13; clear error; expert testimony  Matter of A-G-O-F-, 29 I&N Dec. 772 (BIA 2026) humanitarian asylum; particularity; Brazilian children; relocation; abandoned children; police reporting harm; police arresting perpetrators for other crimes; C-G-T-  Matter of Y-S-P-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 776 (BIA 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for § 212(h) waiver; discretion with sexual crimes; extreme hardship  Matter of Lopez Rico, 29 I&N Dec. 780 (BIA 2026) unlawful voting; INA § 237(a)(3)(D); 18 U.S.C. § 611(a); DHS burdens; pleading the Fifth; discretion Matter of L-F-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 787 (BIA 2026) annual asylum fee; abandonment of asylum; scheduling orders; enforcing filing deadlines; statutory interpretation; plain language of the statute; OBBBA  Garcia Demetrio, et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-991 (9th Cir. July 20, 2026) age and immutability; particular social group; mother of adolescents; single mothers; nexus reviewed de novo; Mexico  Diaz-Boyzo v. Blanche, No. 17-72894 (9th Cir. July 23, 2026) crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect divisibility; enhancement; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.160(1)(a), (3)(c); criminal negligence  Torres-Casas v. Blanche, No. 25-172 (9th Cir. July 22, 2026) qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; predictive findings; remanding non-LPR cancellation denials pending at the BIA; 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? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee 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

  3. Jul 23

    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

  4. Jul 21

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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
    359
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    © 2026 ® Immigration Review
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