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. 15H AGO

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. APR 7

    Ep. 310 - Precedential Decisions: 3/30/2026 - 04/5/2026 (I-864 lawsuit; equitable tolling & stateless people; reinstatement; drug trafficking; medical and psychological hardship; VAWA cancellation; notice of appeal specificity; I-601A; fake cases)

    Circuit round up (extra cases)! NOID sent to wrong address; I-864 lawsuit; diversity visa lawsuit Eskilian v. Bondi, No. 20-72157 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026) due diligence for stateless people; no Lozada where ineffective assistance of counsel plain; Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7 vacatur; equitable tolling of time and number bar; Soviet Armenia  Verduzco Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 18-71787 (9th Cir. Apr. 1, 2026)  reinstatement; right to counsel; due process; prejudice; IIRIRA retroactivity   United States v. Casildo, No. 23-35483 (9th Cir. Mar. 31, 2026) sale of controlled substances in violation of Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.321(1)(a); indivisibility; sentence enhancement; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); drug trafficking aggravated felony  Matter of Valenzuela Gallardo, 29 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 2026) aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 32;  Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; specific intent; relating to; actus reas; misprison of a felony  Matter of Pelagio Mendoza, 29 I&N Dec. 542 (BIA 2026) medical and psychological hardship; evidentiary burdens; HIPPA regulations; considering immigration status of other parent; need for expert evidence  Cardenas v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1522 (3d Cir. Mar. 31, 2026) VAWA cancellation of removal; immigration status of the abuser; statutory interpretation; “is or was”; Matt of L-L-P-; present tense; present perfect tense; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship  Quijano-Duran v. Bondi, No. 24-2457 (8th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026) notice of appeal requirements before the BIA; due process; judicial bias; DHS enforcement priority   Dec v. Mullin, No. 25-2417 (7th Cir. Mar. 30, 2026) jurisdiction; I-601A; satisfaction of the Attorney General; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v); ChatGPT; fake case citation 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 Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Support the show

    54 min

  6. APR 2

    Special Episode Interview with Homero López - former Appellate Immigration Judge, and current ISLA Legal Director

    Email and Links! hlopez@islaimmigration.orgImmigration Services & Legal AdvocacyClick me to Donate to ISLA 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

    1h 18m

  7. MAR 31

    Ep. 309 - Precedential Decisions: 3/23/2026 - 03/29/2026 (mandatory detention for EWIs; reliability of I-213s; termination; IJ can't assert deficient NTA; CIMT & one year or longer sentence; attempted use of physical force; reasonable fear jurisdiction)

    Herrera Avila v. Bondi, et al., No. 25-3248 (8th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; Buenrostro-Mendez  Matter of Mercado-Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 529 (BIA 2026) reliability of Form I-213; termination; presumption of reliability; establishing alienage; rebutting § 212 charge   Matter of Lopez-Orellana, 29 I&N Dec. 533 (BIA 2026)  IJ cannot assert deficient NTA claims processing rule; in absentia  Perdomo Ulloa v. Bondi, No. 22-1724 (4th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) CIMT; Va. Code § 18.2-186.3(A)(2); Class 1 misdemeanor; for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed; non-LPR cancellation  United States v. Chavez-Echeverria, No. 24-4723 (9th Cir. Mar. 25, 2026) Oregon attempted first-degree assault, Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 163.185(1)(a), 161.405; attempted use of physical force; substantial step  Navarrete v. Bondi, No. 24-2776 (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2026) Riley; review of negative reasonable fear finding; final order of removal; CAT review post-reinstatement 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

    48 min

  8. MAR 24

    Ep. 308 - Precedential Decisions from 3/16/2026 - 3/22/2026 (Padilla ineffective assistance & near-certain removal; qualifying relative age out; hardship; non-attorney ineffective assistance; sua sponte reopening jx; receipt of stolen property agg fel)

    United States v. Aguayo-Montes, No. 24-4072 (10th Cir. Mar. 17, 2026) Padilla; ineffective assistance of counsel; affirmative misadvice; duty to inform of near certain removal; prima facie prejudice; insufficiency of plea warnings; affidavits;   Matter of Arevalo-Vargas, 29 I&N Dec. 519 (BIA 2026) qualifying relative child ageing out during appeal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; children forced to pay for schooling  Matter of Z-R-C-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 523 (BIA 2026) ineffective assistance of counsel against non-attorney; prima facie; domestic violence, family group, and asylum nexus; social distinction; approved SIJ; reopening  Hodzic v. Bondi, No. 24-1204 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2026) sua sponte reopening; Niz Chavez; fundamental change in law; exceptional situation different from exceptional circumstances; BIA failure to explain; Loper Bright inapplicable; procedural due process; substantive due process right to remain with family  Hassan v. Bondi, No. 25-1049 (7th Cir. Mar. 16, 2026) receipt of stolen property aggravated felony; Kentucky mens rea; constructive knowledge; ostrich defense; K.R.S. §§ 514.110, 506.010; certified question 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

    39 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
    344
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 ® Immigration Review
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    Immigration Review

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