The DC Circuit has issued a decision permitting a challenge to the Foreign Affairs Manual’s guidance that a visa can be denied if there is a “reason to believe” the applicant has previously made a material misrepresentation: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Board of Immigration Appeals has held that “[a] supplemental filing to a motion to reopen that raises claims that are fundamentally different from those raised in the original motion is treated as a separate motion”: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

BIA has determined that the lack of time and place information on the NTA is not a proper basis for granting a respondent’s motion to withdraw pleadings: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

Ad astra per aspera. The world needs more Star Trek. #StrangeNewWorlds

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

“Our immigration system is transforming from one that respects the rule of law and due process into one that prioritizes enforcement and spreads fear.” READ the #ThinkImmigration blog post from AILA experts: bit.ly/3T6AWbP

The coordinated arrests at #immigration courts violate due process. Join AILA in demanding Congress to conduct oversight, investigate the interagency abuse, and protect the integrity of the immigration process. USE this tool to URGE Congress to act: bit.ly/4kL0HKL

AILA ED Ben Johnson responds to the Trump Administration’s deployment of the National Guard in LA: “The military must never be used as a tool of political convenience. Our Constitution must be upheld. Silence in the face of these abuses is complicity.” bit.ly/3HCIbWf

READ how AILA Law Journal author Allison Huang was inspired to dig into the use of technology by #immigration agencies and the courts, and the issue of how tech access can affect access to justice: bit.ly/3SLmFB5

The Second Circuit has determined that it will review the agency’s hardship determination as it relates to cancellation of removal for nonlawful permament residents under a clear error standard: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Second Circuit has determined that it is appropriate to consider statements made during a border interview under the REAL ID Act’s “totality of the circumstances” standard for credibility: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

2d Cir has determined that DOS violated a U.S. citizen’s due process rights when it confiscated and revoked his CRBA and would not issue him a temporary passport to return to the United States to attend an administrative hearing contesting the revocation: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Fourth Circuit has determined that a federal conviction for inducing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity is a sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony and a crime of child abuse: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Fourth Circuit has determined that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review USCIS’s policy of withholding adjudication of adjustment of status applications when there is a visa retrogression: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

9th Cir has determined that when threats and harm to an asylum applicant restrict the applicant’s ability to practice her religion, that restriction is a form of harm that must be considered when determining if she has experienced past persecution: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

9th Cir has determined that BIA's power to consider claims of ineffective assistance of counsel includes the power to review deficient performance that occurs before a different tribunal, including the Ninth Circuit: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that the basis for granting administrative closure must be related to achieving some foreseeable resolution to the ongoing proceedings within a reasonably short period of time: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

The Board of Immigration Appeals has found that a grant of withholding of removal that is pending appellate review by the Board does not justify release on bond when there are significant adverse factors present: sabrinadamast.com/journal/2025/6…

I join AILA in urging Senators to oppose extreme fee hikes and unchecked enforcement funding proposed in the budget reconciliation bill. Read how you can act to protect due process and fairness in today's #ThinkImmigration. bit.ly/43YqZDr

I join AILA President Jeff Joseph in urging Congress to uphold constitutional protections following yesterday's SCOTUS decision allowing third country deportations. Read the full statement: bit.ly/3G6WwtO