Ali Sina Karimi petitions this court for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") final order of removal. Karimi contends the BIA erred when it ruled that his Maryland second-degree assault conviction was for a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. 16, and thus an "aggravated felony" under ...   MORE>>

Irvin Sandoval-Orellana appeals his conviction of attempted entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291 and affirm. I. Sandoval-Orellana was born in Guatemala in 1979 and was admitted to the United States on or about August 28, 1992,...   MORE>>

The petitioner, a Chinese citizen, is the mother of two children (both boys) born to her in the United States. She seeks asylum on the ground that she is likely to be forcibly sterilized if she returns to China. Like most seekers of asylum on that ground she is from Fujian Province and will be retur...   MORE>>

Primitivo Alavez-Hernandez and Ines Ruiz-Cruz, married Mexican citizens, petition for review of the denial of their applications for withholding of removal. Once placed into removal proceedings, each conceded removability but applied for withholding of removal. The immigration judge (IJ) denied the ...   MORE>>

This petition for review challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals determination that the petitioners could not adjust their status because for more than 180 days, they had not been in lawful status. We conclude the BIA properly defined lawful status and reasonably determined the pe...   MORE>>

Adrian Luna-Acosta appeals the district court s written judgment imposing a sentence of thirty-three months imprisonment, filed five months after the district court had orally announced a sentence of twelve months imprisonment. Luna-Acosta argues that the district court lacked jurisdiction u...   MORE>>

Fidel Munoz Avila came to the attention of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when he filed an application for adjustment of status based on his marriage to a United States citizen. Avila and his wife have been married since 1999, and have two young daughters. He has been employed laying gran...   MORE>>

This appeal requires us to interpret a rule, promulgated pursuant to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 ( NACARA ), Pub. L. No. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2193, that permits the Attorney General, in his discretion, to cancel an alien s removal from the United States in c...   MORE>>

Petitioner Narendra Raj Karki, a native and citizen of Nepal, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an order of the immigration judge (IJ) that denied his application for asylum and restriction on removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA...   MORE>>

Petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which found Petitioner inadmissible because, the Board held, he had made a false claim to United States citizenship in order to avoid being placed in removal proceedings. See Immigration and Nationality Act 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)...   MORE>>