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. 1d ago

    Special Episode - AILA National Conference Interview 2026! Jeff Joseph & Alexis Axelrad (annual conversation with the AILA Presidents)

    AILA: https://www.aila.org/ Jeff Joseph:  https://manifestlaw.com/lawyers/jeff-josephSpeech!Alexis Axelrad:  https://barstlaw.com/our-team/partners/alexis-s-axelrad/ Speech! 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/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com.   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 DISCLAIMER & CREDITS See Eps. 1-200 Support the show

  2. 3d ago

    Ep. 331 - Precedential Decisions: 8/24/2026 - 08/30/2026 (conviction vacatur; Pickering; attorney suspension; bond - withholding grant, & for EWIs; civil fines; due process notice; persecution; untimely asylum; CAT - Salvadoran prisons; mootness)

    Yanez Piedra v. Blanche, No. 25-1258 (4th Cir. Aug. 24, 2026) conviction vacatur; Pickering; statutory interpretation; plain text; voluntary departure; Hewitt; star decisis; Loper Bright  Matter of Jones, 29 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2026) definition of attorney; 8 C.F.R. § 1001.1(f); indefinite suspension   Matter of W-F-D-, 29 I&N Dec. 854 (BIA 2026) bond; jurisdiction; withholding of removal and CAT; IJ has no authority post-final order of removal; DHS custody redetermination  Matter of R-P-L-, 29 I&N Dec. 859 (BIA 2026) civil fines; voluntary departure; notice and warnings  Ricardo Jacques v. Blanche, No. 23-3015 (9th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) DHS service of appeal notice; due process; prejudice; Rivera-Valdes; drug trafficking aggravated felony; Y-L-; Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-8(1)(a)(iii) misdemeanor  Pereira Alves v. Blanche, No. 24-1686 (1st Cir Aug. 24, 2026) past persecution; targeting family because of criminal brothers; similarly situated to family member granted asylum  Bromfield v. Blanche, No. 25-1556 (1st Cir. Aug. 25, 2026) false claim to citizenship; Patel; jurisdiction; discretionary denial of adjustment of status; family of police officer particular social group; demeanor; withholding of removal despite adverse credibility; Jamaica   Mejia-Henriquez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-2184 (3d Cir. Aug. 25, 2026) removal of CAT petitioner moots PFR; MS-13 as terrorist organization; inability to facilitate return from foreign prison; Kilmer Abrego Garcia; ICE Directive 11061.1; OIL not bound by prior arguments  Buele Morocho, et al. v. Warden Philadelphia FDC, et al., No. 26-1150 (3d Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) statutory interpretation; 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; due process 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/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com.   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 DISCLAIMER & CREDITS See Eps. 1-200 Support the show

  3. Aug 25

    Ep. 330 - Precedential Decisions: 8/17/2026 - 08/23/2026 (prohibiting the export of goods; firearms to Haiti; derivative citizenship; constructive presence; number bar to motion to reopen; aggravated felony theft offense; immigration conviction)

    Olibris v. Blanche, No. 25-60322 (5th Cir. Aug.  13, 2026) INA § 237(a)(4)(A)(i); prohibiting the export of goods; firearms to Haiti; 18 U.S.C. § 554; cannot of noscitur a sociis  Guerra Quezada, et al. v. United States, No. 25-10372 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) derivative citizenship; constructive presence; Matter of Navarrete  Matter of M-M-L-J-, 29 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2026) number bar to motion to reopen; statutory interpretation; no equitable tolling of number bar; sua sponte  Ramdial v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 25-10093 (11th Cir. Aug. 21, 2026) aggravated felony theft offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); robbery by sudden snatching in violation of Fla. Stat. § 812.131(1); without consent; de minimus taking; divisibility; elements vs means; intent to deprive  Wong v. Blanche, No. 22-6185 (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2026) definition of immigration conviction; disorderly persons theft by deception – N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-4; Apprendi; sentence; formal adjudication of guilt; Loper Bright PopPopuli! 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/IRPheroes.eimmigration.com.   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

  4. Aug 18

    Ep. 329 - Precedential Decisions: 8/10/2026 - 08/16/2026 (INA 101(a)(43)(S); EWI detention; sentence clarifications; advance parole; right to counsel; stays; DV asylum; CIMT; child abuse; former police; family PSG; review post-reinstatement; MS-13 fears

    Bangs v. Blanche, No. 25-1820 (1st Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) witness tampering in violation of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:5(II); obstruction of justice; categorical approach; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Pugin; intent to interfere with legal process  Guerrero Orellana v. Moniz, et al., No. 25-2152 (1st Cir. Aug. 13, 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  Matter of Boye, 29 I&N Dec. 826 (BIA 2026) ignoring sentence clarifications where state court judge does not cite to governing statute and clarifies untimely; term of imprisonment; O.G.C.A. § 16-5-23.1(f)  Matter of Delcarmen-Lara, 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026) departure; statutory interpretation advance parole; Arrabally and Yerrabelly; sua sponte motion to reopen; retroactivity  Matter of A-K-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 839 (BIA 2026) right to counsel; pro se; continuances  Aristy-Rosa v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1490 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) stays of removal; Nken; Executive interests; Minter  Matias-Pablo v. Blanche, No. 25-2021 (8th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) Guatemalan females; domestic violence type asylum; CAT; acquiescence; police observing and doing nothing insufficient; El Salvador   Ademola v. Blanche, No. 25-60475 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) CIMT; willfully and knowingly using a forged or counterfeit Nigerian passport to open a bank account in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1543; returning LPR  Lopez-Barrera v. Blanche, No. 25-60302 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) adverse credibility; MS-13 affiliates; border interviews and inconsistencies; jurisdiction; Kucana ; CAT; particularized evidence; El Salvador   Gonzalez-Godinez v. Blanche, No. 19-71322 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) crime of child abuse; mens rea; actus reus; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.670 – using a child in a display of sexually explicit content  Adame Garcia v. Blanche, No. 16-71147 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) crime of child abuse; mens rea; actus reus; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Cal. Pen. Code § 288.2(b) – distribution of harmful matter to a minor  Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche, No. 25-557 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026) nexus; former police officers; personal retribution; call for en banc by Judges Bea and Desai  Orellana-Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2320 (4th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) family group; particular social group; nexus; mixed motive and personal disputes; Chenery tension with APA  Navarro Cerritos v. Blanche, No. 23-1897 (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) withholding-only review; Riley; jurisdiction; reinstatement; extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling when law changes; disregarding expert testimony; family members living safely in country doesn’t undermine nexus; “Individuals in El Salvador Who Witness and Report Crimes by MS-13 to the Police”; social distinction; particularity; Henriquez-Rivas; exhaustion; CAT analysis in the aggregate; IJ not applying stated standard; unrebutted affidavits; relocation; acquiescence  Guest Hosts from Last Week! Elizabeth MontanoHomero Lópezhlopez@islaimmigration.orgClick me to Donate to ISLAAndrea Sáenzhttps://cocounsel.org/donate/ 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

  5. Aug 11

    Ep. 328 - Precedential Decisions: 8/3/2026 - 08/9/2026 (motion to reopen; ineffective assistance; adverse credibility; internal relocation; pattern or practice; issue forfeiture; authentication of records; departure bar; equitable tolling; mixed motives

    Pasqual-Andres v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-12848 (11th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026)   motion to reopen; ineffective assistance of counsel; Matter of Lozada; substantial compliance; appropriate disciplinary authority  Matter of I-S-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 811 (BIA 2026)   asylum; adverse credibility; identity and nationality; inconsistent statements; fraudulent identity documents; REAL ID Act; burden of proof  Matter of H-I-A-H-, 29 I&N Dec. 823 (BIA 2026)   asylum; credibility determinations; inconsistencies and omissions; totality of the circumstances; past persecution; presumption of future persecution; internal relocation  Matter of I-U-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 816 (BIA 2026)   withholding of removal; childhood persecution; harm suffered as a minor; cumulative harm; severity of persecution; pattern or practice of persecution; clear probability standard  Matter of Momplaisir, 29 I&N Dec. 820 (BIA 2026)   authentication of records; Form I-213; Form I-94; Form G-24; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6(a)  Eqbal v. Blanche, No. 25-60504 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026)   asylum; adverse credibility; translation errors; credible fear interview; corroborating evidence; BIA statement that it considered all evidence insufficient Ail Saidi v. Blanche, No. 21-6589 (2d Cir. Aug. 3, 2026)   CAT; corroborating evidence; adverse credibility; issue forfeiture before the BIA; reasonably available evidence; likelihood of torture; chain of events  Keita v. Blanche, No. 24-1226 (4th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026)   cancellation of removal; withholding of removal; third-country removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; full and fair hearing; opportunity to present evidence; U.S. citizen children  Spindola v. Blanche, No. 25-3600 (6th Cir. Aug. 7, 2026)   asylum; withholding; CAT; serious nonpolitical crime bar; serious reasons for believing; acquiescence   Lacsina v. Blanche, No. 24-3373 (8th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026)   motion to reopen; departure bar; post-departure motions to reopen; vacated criminal convictions; CIMT; controlled-substance inadmissibility; sua sponte reopening  Saravia Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-60400 (5th Cir. Aug. 3, 2026)   30-day filing deadline; equitable tolling; reinstatement of removal; final order of removal; Riley v. Bondi; claims-processing rule   Guzman v. Blanche, No. 25-1351 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2026)   asylum; nexus; one central reason; mixed motives; protected ground; gender; family relationship; political opinion   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

  6. Aug 4

    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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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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    Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
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    364
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