Immigration Review

A weekly podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. Each Tuesday, the Immigration Review podcast reviews the latest published opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals—discussing some in depth, providing holdings for others, and always giving practical insights, rummaging through the week’s decisions so you don’t have to. *Read about your host and the KKTP law firm here: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/gregg-kevin-a/

Immigration Review is a education podcast hosted by Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com), with 360 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 87. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kevin A. Gregg, Esq. (kgregg@kktplaw.com) hosts Immigration Review, a education show with 360 episodes published.

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  Ep. 329 - Precedential Decisions: 8/10/2026 - 08/16/2026 (INA 101(a)(43)(S); EWI detention; sentence clarifications; advance parole; right to counsel; stays; DV asylum; CIMT; child abuse; former police; family PSG; review post-reinstatement; MS-13 fears)

  Aug 18, 20261h 18m

  Bangs v. Blanche , No. 25-1820 (1st Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) witness tampering in violation of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:5(II); obstruction of justice; categorical approach; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Pugin ; intent to interfere with legal process Guerrero Orellana v. Moniz, et al ., No. 25-2152 (1st Cir. Aug. 13, 2026) class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity Matter of Boye , 29 I&N Dec. 826 (BIA 2026) ignoring sentence clarifications where state court judge does not cite to governing statute and clarifies untimely; term of imprisonment; O.G.C.A. § 16-5-23.1(f) Matter of Delcarmen-Lara , 29 I&N Dec. 830 (BIA 2026) departure; statutory interpretation advance parole; Arrabally and Yerrabelly ; sua sponte motion to reopen; retroactivity Matter of A-K-R- , 29 I&N Dec. 839 (BIA 2026) right to counsel; pro se; continuances Aristy-Rosa v. Att’y Gen. U.S ., No. 25-1490 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) stays of removal; Nken ; Executive interests; Minter Matias-Pablo v. Blanche , No. 25-2021 (8th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) Guatemalan females; domestic violence type asylum; CAT; acquiescence; police observing and doing nothing insufficient; El Salvador Ademola v. Blanche , No. 25-60475 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) CIMT; willfully and knowingly using a forged or counterfeit Nigerian passport to open a bank account in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1543; returning LPR Lopez-Barrera v. Blanche , No. 25-60302 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) adverse credibility; MS-13 affiliates; border interviews and inconsistencies; jurisdiction; Kucana ; CAT; particularized evidence; El Salvador Gonzalez-Godinez v. Blanche , No. 19-71322 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) crime of child abuse; mens rea ; actus reus ; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.670 – using a child in a display of sexually explicit content Adame Garcia v. Blanche , No. 16-71147 (9th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) crime of child abuse; mens rea ; actus reus ; realistic probability; helpful exhaustion footnote; Cal. Pen. Code § 288.2(b) – distribution of harmful matter to a minor Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche , No. 25-557 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026) nexus; former police officers; personal retribution; call for en banc by Judges Bea and Desai Orellana-Ramos v. Blanche , No. 25-2320 (4th Cir. Aug. 10, 2026) family group; particular social group; nexus; mixed motive and personal disputes; Chenery tension with APA Navarro Cerritos v. Blanche , No. 23-1897 (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2026) withholding-only review; Riley ; jurisdiction; reinstatement; extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling when law changes; disregarding expert testimony; family members living safely in country doesn’t undermine nexus; “Individuals in El Salvador Who Witness and Report Crimes by MS-13 to the Police”; social distinction; particularity; Henriquez-Rivas ; exhaustion; CAT analysis in the aggregate; IJ not applying stated standard; unrebutted affidavits; relocation; acquiescence Guest Hosts from Last Week! Elizabeth Montano Homero López hlopez@islaimmigration.org Click me to Donate to ISLA Andrea Sáenz https://cocounsel.org/donate/ Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200 immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your host Case notes Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

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  Ep. 328 - Precedential Decisions: 8/3/2026 - 08/9/2026 (motion to reopen; ineffective assistance; adverse credibility; internal relocation; pattern or practice; issue forfeiture; authentication of records; departure bar; equitable tolling; mixed motives)

  Aug 11, 202654 min

  Pasqual-Andres v. U.S. Att’y Gen. , No. 22-12848 (11th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026) motion to reopen; ineffective assistance of counsel; Matter of Lozada ; substantial compliance; appropriate disciplinary authority Matter of I-S-M- , 29 I&N Dec. 811 (BIA 2026) asylum; adverse credibility; identity and nationality; inconsistent statements; fraudulent identity documents; REAL ID Act; burden of proof Matter of H-I-A-H- , 29 I&N Dec. 823 (BIA 2026) asylum; credibility determinations; inconsistencies and omissions; totality of the circumstances; past persecution; presumption of future persecution; internal relocation Matter of I-U-V- , 29 I&N Dec. 816 (BIA 2026) withholding of removal; childhood persecution; harm suffered as a minor; cumulative harm; severity of persecution; pattern or practice of persecution; clear probability standard Matter of Momplaisir , 29 I&N Dec. 820 (BIA 2026) authentication of records; Form I-213; Form I-94; Form G-24; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6(a) Eqbal v. Blanche , No. 25-60504 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026) asylum; adverse credibility; translation errors; credible fear interview; corroborating evidence; BIA statement that it considered all evidence insufficient Ail Saidi v. Blanche , No. 21-6589 (2d Cir. Aug. 3, 2026) CAT; corroborating evidence; adverse credibility; issue forfeiture before the BIA; reasonably available evidence; likelihood of torture; chain of events Keita v. Blanche , No. 24-1226 (4th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026) cancellation of removal; withholding of removal; third-country removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; full and fair hearing; opportunity to present evidence; U.S. citizen children Spindola v. Blanche , No. 25-3600 (6th Cir. Aug. 7, 2026) asylum; withholding; CAT; serious nonpolitical crime bar; serious reasons for believing; acquiescence Lacsina v. Blanche , No. 24-3373 (8th Cir. Aug. 6, 2026) motion to reopen; departure bar; post-departure motions to reopen; vacated criminal convictions; CIMT; controlled-substance inadmissibility; sua sponte reopening Saravia Martinez v. Blanche , No. 25-60400 (5th Cir. Aug. 3, 2026) 30-day filing deadline; equitable tolling; reinstatement of removal; final order of removal; Riley v. Bondi; claims-processing rule Guzman v. Blanche , No. 25-1351 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2026) asylum; nexus; one central reason; mixed motives; protected ground; gender; family relationship; political opinion Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200 immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your host Case notes Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

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  Ep. 327 - Precedential Decisions: 7/27/2026 - 08/2/2026 (class action; no EWI mandatory detention; flight risk, relief & speculation; good moral character & alien smuggling; Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5 & crime of violence; suppression; sua sponte & vacatur)

  Aug 4, 202652 min

  Rodriguez Vazquez, et al. v. Bostock, et al ., No. 25-6842 (9th Cir. July 30, 2026) class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity Cirrus Rojas v. Olson, et al ., No. 25-3127 (7th Cir. July 30, 2026) mootness; deemed; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text Matter of A-L-S- , 29 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2026) bond; flight risk; speculative relief; clear error review; long time residence and employment in U.S. as negative factors for bond Matter of L-L-R- , 29 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 2026) good moral character; possibly alien smuggling even if dropped off at the border; Al Otro Lado ; INA § 101(f)(3); Matter of A-W-M-K -, 29 I&N Dec. 805 (BIA 2026) bond; flight risk; USCIS decision as evidence; speculative relief; suspected human right violations; Afghanistan United States v. Lopez , No. 24-3268 (9th Cir. July 28, 2026) Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5; crime of violence; Borden ; Gomez ; mens rea and use of force; recklessness; general intent crimes; assault; battery; use of “willful” in statute not determinative Perez-Hernandez v. Blanche , No. 25-3592 (6th Cir. July 28, 2026) motion to suppress; egregious constitutional violate; race-based stop; Miranda warnings; intra familial dispute in Guatemala; nexus; relocation for CAT Kim v. Blanche , No. 24-2042 (1st Cir. July 30, 2026) sua sponte motion to reopen; conviction vacatur; citation to vacatur statute alone sufficient to establish procedural or substantive defect; Super. Ct. R. Crim P. 11 Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200 immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your host Case notes Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

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  Ep. 326 - Precedential Decisions: 7/20/2026 - 07/26/2026 (habeas; mental health indicia; past torture; humanitarian asylum; hardship & 212(h); unlawful voting; discretion; annual asylum fee; age-based PSG; child abuse; qualifying relative age-out)

  Jul 28, 202654 min

  Extra case roundup Mahdawi v. Trump , 2026 WL 2090981 (2d Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C) Suri v. Trump , 2026 WL 2123557 (4th Cir. 2026) – habeas & § 237(a)(4)(C) Fuentes v. USCIS (4th Cir. July 24, 2026) – SIJ, statutory interpretation, and parental benefits Rana v. Blanche , No. 25-1862 (1st Cir. July 23, 2026) M-A-M- ; mental health safeguards and credibility; indicia of incompetency; IJ affirmative duty; Maoists; Nepal Matter of H-L-S-M- , 29 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2026) no past torture; CAT; Mexico; Guatemala; Latin Kings; MS-13; clear error; expert testimony Matter of A-G-O-F -, 29 I&N Dec. 772 (BIA 2026) humanitarian asylum; particularity; Brazilian children; relocation; abandoned children; police reporting harm; police arresting perpetrators for other crimes; C-G-T- Matter of Y-S-P-T- , 29 I&N Dec. 776 (BIA 2026) exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for § 212(h) waiver; discretion with sexual crimes; extreme hardship Matter of Lopez Rico , 29 I&N Dec. 780 (BIA 2026) unlawful voting; INA § 237(a)(3)(D); 18 U.S.C. § 611(a); DHS burdens; pleading the Fifth; discretion Matter of L-F-R- , 29 I&N Dec. 787 (BIA 2026) annual asylum fee; abandonment of asylum; scheduling orders; enforcing filing deadlines; statutory interpretation; plain language of the statute; OBBBA Garcia Demetrio, et al. v. Blanche , No. 25-991 (9th Cir. July 20, 2026) age and immutability; particular social group; mother of adolescents; single mothers; nexus reviewed de novo; Mexico Diaz-Boyzo v. Blanche , No. 17-72894 (9th Cir. July 23, 2026) crime of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect divisibility; enhancement; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.160(1)(a), (3)(c); criminal negligence Torres-Casas v. Blanche , No. 25-172 (9th Cir. July 22, 2026) qualifying relative age-out for non LPR cancellation of removal purposes; predictive findings; remanding non-LPR cancellation denials pending at the BIA; hardship Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200 immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Show the Podcast some loooovvveee CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your host Case notes Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

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  Immigration Review

  Special Episode - Annual Supreme Court Roundup with Ira Kurzban (2025-2026 term)

  Jul 23, 20261h 30m

  All about Ira Kurzban, KKTP, and Immigrants' List: Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/ Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Get involved with Immigrants' List: https://www.immigrantslist.org/ Order Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: https://www.aila.org/shop/products/view/kurzbans-immigration-law-sourcebook Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. eimmigration "Immigration law software you’ll love to use." get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration Bonds P: (833) 409-9200 immigrationbond.com Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Click me! Want to become a patron? Click here to check out our Patreon Page! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kgregg@kktplaw.com Facebook: @immigrationreview Instagram: @immigrationreview Twitter: @immreview About your host Case notes Recent criminal-immigration article (p.18) Featured in San Diego Voyager Support the show

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