All Episodes

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)

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

Ep. 325 - Precedential Decisions: 7/13/2026 - 07/19/2026 (habeas release pending appeal; ACA with Ecuador; Lozada compliance & bar complaint; hardship & foster care; VAWA motion to reopen deadline; nexus; gang recruitment; admitted in any status; DED)

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)

Ep. 323 - Precedential Decisions: 6/29/2026 - 07/5/2026 (birthright citizenship; bond for EWIs - due process & statutory; credibility; bond venue; withholding-only review & FARO PFR; child endangerment; strict Lozada compliance; reopening)

Ep. 322 - Precedential Decisions: 6/22/2026 - 06/28/2026 (returning LPR; TPS; no more equal protection; metering; motion to reopen untimely appeal; PFR & FARO; discretionary asylum; ACA termination; hardship & discretion; M-A-M- safeguards; PSC)

Ep. 321 - Precedential Decisions: 6/15/2026 - 06/21/2026 (30-day deadline to appeal to the BIA; equitable tolling; particularly social group articulation; ACA agreements; safe third country; forced abortion; corroboration; incorrect document translation)

Ep. 320 - Precedential Decisions: 6/8/2026 - 06/14/2026 (petition for review withholding of removal; Matter of Y-L-; BIA stays; sua sponge reopening; reweighing evidence; crime of violence; recklessness; violation of a protective order)

Ep. 319 - Precedential Decisions: 6/1/2026 - 06/7/2026 (PSG - must consider all claims, family, nationwide social distinction; crime of child abuse; mandatory detention; discretion & crimes; particularly serious crime; AI sanctions; equitable tolling)

Special Episode Interview with San Diego Immigration Attorney Andrew Nietor, candidate for AILA National Secretary

Ep. 318 - Precedential Decisions: 5/25/2026 - 05/31/2026 (adjustment & missed BIA briefing; past persecution; untimely DHS appeal; lack of candor about criminal history; 204(c) & I-130 revocation; danger; crime of violence; hardship; corroboration)

Ep. 317 - Precedential Decisions: 5/18/2026 - 05/24/2026 (right to counsel; motion to change venue; DESPERATE NEED for neutral arbiter; Mexican mental health claims; nexus & fear of family; crime of violence; carjacking)

Ep. 316 - Precedential Decisions: 5/11/2026 - 05/17/2026 (no mandatory detention of EWIs; seeking admission; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncitizens; past persecution; reasonable relocation in India; Sikh; Urias Orellana)

Ep. 315 - Precedential Decisions: 5/4/2026 - 05/10/2026 (IJ duty to develop record; Mexico - CAT & informants, dv asylum, "arrival" & serious nonpolitical crime; time barred MTR & asylum; bond for EWIs; denatz & NTA advisals; consular nonreviewability)

Ep. 314 - Precedential Decisions: 4/27/2026 - 05/3/2026 (no mandatory detention for EWIs; bond & FBI; in absentia - children & exceptional circumstances; tolling; credibility; 204(c); foreign convictions)