Ep. 324 - Precedential Decisions: 7/6/2026 - 07/12/2026 (El Salvador’s State of Exception; forced military conscription; particularly serious crime; Y-L-; embezzlement & fraud; immutability & Serbian soccer players; WH-only review; ineffective assistance)

Aguilar-Villalobos v. Blanche, No. 23-6899 (2d Cir. July 8, 2026) adverse credibility; inconsistency; El Salvador’s State of Exception; intentionally horrendous prison conditions; prison as torture; CAT Matter of R-A-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026) forced military conscription; atrocities; well-founded fear of persecution; nexus; Russia Lopez-Lopez v. Blanche, No. 25-1924 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026) issue exhaustion Guevara Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1429 (4th Cir. July 8, 2026) elements based approach to particularly serious crime analysis; Virginia assault and battery against a family member; credibility; CAT; El Salvador Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2037 (4th Cir. July 9, 2026) embezzlement; Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-111; fraud or deceit definitions; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); concealment; categorical approach; I-130 continuance Andric v. Blanche, No. 25-1448 (7th Cir. July 1, 2026) Serbian soccer players; particular social group waiver; employment immutability; nexus; IJ including boilerplate legal addendum E.E.V., et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-2256 (7th Cir. July 6, 2026) jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling and reliance on old precedent; timeliness; substantive PFR challenge not required; venue Sarr v. Blanche, No. 24-5264 (9th Cir. July 7, 2026) particularly serious crime; drug trafficking crime; Y-L- presumption; Loper Bright; star decisis Menjivar-Ayala, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4562 (9th Cir. July 9, 2026) ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration; presumption of prejudice ; courtesy copy on noncitizen; reliance on immigration attorney 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: [email protected] 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