The Board of Immigration Appeals’ new decision in Matter of P-A-C- should alarm anyone who still believes asylum exists as a meaningful form of protection

I was struck by a recent article in Christianity Today, The Trump-Era Laughter at Immigrant Suffering Is Deforming Our Souls, by Russell Moore. The article discusses the “funny” memes, songs, and joke...

Soccer player beaten by fans, denied asylum for lack of nexus (and other reasons)

Adverse credibility finding for a 14-year-old witness with no interpreter

Office of the General Counsel U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 September 15, 2026 Dear American Immigration Lawyers Association: Our immigration court system suffers from a ma...

Ninth Circuit panel precluded from considering threats to a police officer

A free adjudication-focused practitioner guide for developing, filing, and preparing unaccompanied-child asylum cases through the full adjudicative process.

A trivial inconsistency at a border interview means a doomed asylum claim

The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.

Ability to hire private security undermines “objectively reasonable” fear of future persecution

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) plans to revoke up to 200,000 visitor visas for people who came to the United States and then applied for asylum. The move is largely symbolic, since the whole point...

Appealing denial of reopening for CAT protection based on changed conditions

Persecuted in her homeland, a mother asked for protection but ran into a perfect storm of policy changes instead.

July sees a similar number of noncitizens ordered removed in absentia.

The recent Supreme Court ruling put employers on edge about TPS holders’ work permits. But the situation is more complicated than it seems.

He spent decades protecting the government America helped build. An immigration judge ordered him back to the Taliban.

Intent alone is enough to trigger the permanent marriage fraud bar

Daughter wins SIJS and can remain. Mom loses asylum and is deported

Travel ban prevents a key witness from testifying against an accused serial rapist

Appellate courts go beyond deference to rhetorically buttress IJ's adverse credibility findings

The Trump Administration has dramatically increased the practice of deporting non-citizens to third countries. As of May 2026, more than 21,000 people have been removed to at least 24 different cou…

A rippin' good yarn is spoiled by an adverse credibility determination

The immigration court continues to break records for those removed in absentia as June sees a 55% increase from May

Apparent visa prevarication taints asylum testimony

What happens when "personal circumstances" are also "country conditions"?

View from the 27th floor

There is an obscure rule that decides whether a person can pursue asylum in the United States. I spent years applying it. A new plan would turn it into a wall.

There's no such thing as an easy case

Evidence compels the conclusion that fear of future persecution is objectively reasonable.

Fourth Circuit ignores congressional intent and holds that a twelve-month misdemeanor sentence is "one year or longer"

This is the second in a five-part series examining the intersection of artificial intelligence and immigration policy.