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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
02-73945	Kalubi v. Ashcroft Immigration judge and BIA are obligated to accept asylum applicant's testimony as true since there were no explicit adverse credibility findings.	Immigration			Jul. 8, 2004
02-57212	Aguilera-Ruiz v. Ashcroft Permanent resident who briefly left country while appealing deportation order lost right to pursue appeal.	Immigration			Jul. 2, 2004
02-71640	Reyes v. Ashcroft Where alien did not comply with threshold procedural requirements, motion to reopen deportation proceedings was properly denied.	Immigration			Jun. 30, 2004
02-70252	Farah v. Ashcroft Because alien was not given adequate opportunity to explain discrepancies of evidence, finding that application was knowingly frivolous must be overturned.	Immigration			Jun. 30, 2004
02-72145	Singh v. Ashcroft Substantial evidence supports immigration judge's adverse credibility finding against asylum petitioner.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-73700	Ge v. Ashcroft Immigration judge's adverse credibility determination is unsupported by substantial evidence.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-72759	Singh v. Ashcroft BIA erred in recharacterizing plaintiff's motion to reopen as motion for reconsideration.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-72404	Hoque v. Ashcroft Immigration judge's adverse credibility finding regarding petitioners' testimony that they were persecuted due to political belief isn't supported by substantial evidence.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
03-50160	U.S. v. Hernandez-Vermudez Illegal alien who enters U.S. without inspection and commits aggravated felony is subject to administrative removal.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-72978	Cazarez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft Drug offense that is not punishable as felony under federal law cannot be used to find immigrant ineligible for cancellation of removal.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-70662	Lin v. Ashcroft BIA should have considered expanded record presented by immigrant after original counsel failed to present it.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
00-70157	Li v. Ashcroft Congressional protection extends to Chinese petitioners who resisted and escaped coercive population control policies.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-16476	Singh v. Ashcroft Scope of habeas jurisdiction does not extend to cases where INS has come to unwise yet lawful decision.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2004
02-72384	Knezevic v. Ashcroft Immigration board will reconsider ethnic Serbs' asylum application.	Immigration			Jun. 28, 2004
02-74208	Dinu v. Ashcroft Innocence of petitioner alone cannot show that police harassment lacked legitimate objective to create presumption that persecution was politically motivated.	Immigration			Jun. 17, 2004
01-70748	Flores-Chavez v. Ashcroft Proper notice of deportation hearing required agency to serve notice to 15 year old illegal alien and to adult to whom he was released.	Immigration			May 25, 2004
02-72311	Halaim v. INS Petitioners' failure to establish their eligibility for asylum is supported by substantial evidence.	Immigration			May 18, 2004
02-70439	Padash v. INS Child Status Protection Act prevents plaintiff from 'aging out' of visa category due to delays in adjudication.	Immigration			May 17, 2004
02-73474	Silva-Calderon v. Ashcroft Court does not have jurisdiction to review procedural due process claim that BIA could have competently considered.	Immigration			May 17, 2004
02-70956	Ma v. Ashcroft Husband whose marriage was not legally registered with Chinese government because of his age, qualifies for asylum based on wife's persecution.	Immigration			May 11, 2004
99-50041	U.S. v. Hovsepian Court erroneously concluded that defendants are eligible for naturalization despite their criminal past.	Immigration			May 7, 2004
02-71656	Thomas v. Ashcroft Family relations may constitute particular social group for purposes of evaluating persecution alleged in asylum application.	Immigration			May 7, 2004
02-70648	Andia v. Ashcroft Immigration laws permit aliens to seek reopening of in absentia deportation order at any time on lack-of-notice grounds.	Immigration			May 7, 2004
02-10532	U.S. v. Pallares-Galan Violation of state's annoy and molest misdemeanor statute does not constitute aggravated felony for deportation purposes.	Immigration			May 6, 2004
02-73673	Chen v. Ashcroft Factual findings underlying immigration judge's adverse credibility determination were not supported by substantial evidence.	Immigration			May 6, 2004
02-73499	Taha v. Ashcroft Where alien failed to explain discrepancies between declaration and testimony, denial of asylum and withholding of removal are proper.	Immigration			May 6, 2004
02-71043	Martinez-Garcia v. Ashcroft Because Order to Show Cause wasn't filed prior to effective date of IIRIRA, petitioner wasn't eligible for suspension of deportation under pre-IIRIRA law.	Immigration			May 4, 2004
02-71677	Damon v. Ashcroft Immigration judge improperly ruled that petitioner's marriage to U.S. citizen was solely for purpose of avoiding deportation.	Immigration			May 4, 2004
02-72436	Shivaraman v. Ashcroft Date of admission for purposes of removal proceedings is date of lawful entry to United States, not date of adjustment of status.	Immigration			May 4, 2004
02-70887	Barron v. John Ashcroft Petitioner did not present due process claim at administrative hearing and therefore did not preserve issue for appeal.	Immigration			Apr. 12, 2004