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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
08-74331	Rojas v. Holder Immigration judge may deny voluntary departure based on alien's admission to having sexual relations with minor because admission was probative of his undesirability.	Immigration			Dec. 30, 2012
11-16557	Alocozy v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Legal resident’s conviction for assault with intent to commit rape renders him ineligible for citizenship because conviction prevents him from establishing good moral character.	Immigration			Dec. 30, 2012
08-72430	Sanchez v. Holder Green card holder who confessed to bringing child into U.S. illegally is deportable because she failed to show her confession was coerced or inaccurate.	Immigration			Dec. 26, 2012
08-70941	Arteaga-De Alvarez v. Holder Availability of spousal petition filed by alien’s husband does not necessarily undercut cancellation of removal claim based on hardship to her family.	Immigration			Dec. 26, 2012
10-56023	Martinez v. Napolitano District court may not hear Guatemalan citizen's indirect challenge to removal order based on denial of asylum and withholding of removal.	Immigration			Dec. 3, 2012
08-73287	Pechenkov v. Holder Court cannot review former asylee’s challenge to denial of withholding of his removal due to his conviction for felony assault.	Immigration			Dec. 3, 2012
11-35580	Ruiz-Diaz v. United States Justice Dept. may continue to require non-citizen religious workers to wait for approval of their employers’ sponsorship petitions before applying for visas.	Immigration			Nov. 26, 2012
09-73211	Arbid v. Holder Alien is no longer eligible for asylum and withholding of removal after conviction for mail fraud, which is considered 'particularly serious' crime.	Immigration			Nov. 12, 2012
10-10333	U.S. v. Aguilar-Vera Operation Streamline proceeding violates alien’s rights when he was not questioned until an hour after judge began group advisement of multiple subgroups.	Immigration			Oct. 30, 2012
09-72603	Garfias-Rodriguez v. Holder Mexican national, who entered U.S. illegally and married U.S. citizen, may not obtain status adjustment because of his inadmissibility.	Immigration			Oct. 22, 2012
08-70789	Delgado-Hernandez v. Holder Legal permanent resident's attempted kidnapping conviction renders him removable from U.S. because his offense involved substantial risk of violence.	Immigration			Oct. 10, 2012
11-35580	Ruiz-Diaz v. United States Justice Dept. may continue to require non-citizen religious workers to wait for approval of their employers’ sponsorship petitions before applying for visas.	Immigration			Oct. 8, 2012
08-71379	Ridore v. Holder Haitian citizen convicted of minor offenses should not be deported to Haiti where detention under horrific prison conditions amounts to torture.	Immigration			Oct. 4, 2012
09-56786	Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorka Child who lost eligibility under derivative visa is now eligible because he may use filing date of visa petition for which he was originally listed.	Immigration			Sep. 27, 2012
08-70229	Montes-Lopez v. Holder Immigration judge violates alien’s right to representation by requiring him to proceed with hearing without his attorney present.	Immigration			Sep. 19, 2012
07-70949	Young v. Holder Alien may be deported although his record of conviction did not show whether he was convicted of selling, or offering to sell, cocaine.	Immigration			Sep. 18, 2012
07-74361	Gonzaga-Ortega v. Holder Lawful permanent resident who attempted to smuggle niece into country has no right to representation during secondary inspection at border.	Immigration			Sep. 17, 2012
10-17652	Eche v. Holder Lawful permanent resident may not count time lived in Mariana Islands before 2009 toward residence requirement for becoming U.S. citizen.	Immigration			Sep. 12, 2012
08-72451	Cheema v. Holder Written warning on asylum application adequately informs alien that he will be denied immigration benefits if his application is frivolous.	Immigration			Sep. 7, 2012
07-74437	Sanchez-Avalos v. Holder Although alien was convicted of sexual battery under California law, he should not have been deemed inadmissible.	Immigration			Sep. 5, 2012
09-70181	Corpuz v. Holder BIA improperly calculates ‘term of imprisonment’ for purpose of determining eligibility for relief by including entire period of petitioner's civil confinement.	Immigration			Sep. 4, 2012
10-73057	Ortiz-Alfaro v. Holder Reinstated removal order is not final until Dept. of Homeland Security has completed alien's reasonable fear and withholding of removal proceedings.	Immigration			Aug. 28, 2012
09-71336	Cabantac v. Holder In determining removability due to controlled substance offense, appeals court may consider facts alleged in count specified in abstract of judgment.	Immigration			Aug. 24, 2012
06-73451	Aguilar-Turcios v. Holder Petitioner is not removable where his conviction for using government computer to access pornographic websites is not ‘aggravated felony’ under modified categorical approach.	Immigration			Aug. 16, 2012
07-73098	Mojica v. Holder Ninth Circuit decision in 'Mercado-Zazueta v. Holder,' which was used to hold alien could impute father’s legal status to meet lawful residence requirement, is invalid.	Immigration			Aug. 13, 2012
07-74054	Nijjar v. Holder Dept. of Homeland Security lacks authority to terminate alien’s asylum status because Congress gave such power exclusively to Attorney General.	Immigration			Aug. 2, 2012
08-75140	Flores-Lopez v. Holder Conviction under California Penal Code Section 69 does not qualify categorically as crime of violence because idea that resisting officer inevitably leads to violence is too speculative.	Immigration			Jul. 10, 2012
07-70336	Annachamy v. Holder Material support bar does not include implied exception for individuals who have assisted organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or provided support under duress.	Immigration			Jul. 5, 2012
08-70181	Sawyers v. Holder Ninth Circuit's decisions holding that years of residence of petitioner's mother were imputed to him for purposes of cancellation of removal are no longer valid precedent.	Immigration			Jul. 2, 2012
08-70455	Rivera-Peraza v. Holder Hardship standard for waivers of inadmissibility for petitioners convicted of violent or dangerous crimes requires agency to consider hardship to alien and relatives.	Immigration			Jul. 2, 2012