• Special Episode - Interview with Rekha and Michael Sharma-Crawford (the Pen & Sword College; trial lawyering in immigration court; personal backgrounds; Laken Riley Act; fighting back against Lozada bar complaint requirement)
    Mar 13 2025

    Links!!!!

    • Law firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • The Pen & Sword College: https://bit.ly/3Dq2THh
      • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
      • Formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law
    • Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Rekha's books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/


    Stafi
    "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"

    • Promo Code: STAFI2025
    • Click me!



    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra
      • Yasmin Lima



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Ep. 254 - Precedential Decisions from 3/3/2025 - 3/9/2025 (LPR as arriving alien; parole; false testimony & good moral character; arson aggravated felony; politics in Nicaragua; political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws)
    Mar 10 2025

    Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

    • LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix; parole


    Penaranda v. Bondi, No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)

    • false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NTA; Wilkinson and non-LPR cancellation of removal


    Mohammed v. Bondi, No. 24-3649 (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

    • arson in violation of VA Code § 18.2-77; malice; INA § 101(a)(43)(E)(i) arson aggravated felony; federal accomplice liability; 18 U.S.C. § 2


    Laguna Rivera v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 23-12398 (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

    • prior precedent rule; persecution of family members; exhaustion; failure to raise arguments to the BIA; considering support affidavits after adverse credibility; harm in the past; political involvement in Nicaragua


    Tian v. Bondi, No. 22-6053 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

    • political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws; pretextual arrest as persecution; pretextual prosecution; police beating; BIA failure to analyze material evidence



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/


    Stafi
    "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"

    • Promo Code: STAFI2025
    • 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
    • Featured in San Diego Voyager
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra
      • Yasmin Lima


    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    49 mins
  • Ep. 253 - Precedential Decisions from 2/24/2025 - 3/2/2025 (exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; Virginia robbery)
    Mar 3 2025

    Xia v. Scott, No. 23-3055 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025)

    • exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; reasoned consideration by BIA


    United States v. Parham, No. 23-4249 (4th Cir. Feb. 26, 2025)

    • crime of violence; threat of sodomy accusation; physical force; sentence enhancement; robbery in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-58



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/


    Stafi
    "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"

    • Promo Code: STAFI2025
    • Click me!



    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra
      • Yasmin Lima



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    24 mins
  • Ep. 252 - Precedential Decisions from 2/17/2025 - 2/23/2025 (odd, ends, and immigration news; in absentia motion to reopen; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; notice in foreign language)
    Feb 24 2025

    Odd, ends, and immigration news

    • Stay positive! : )


    El Manyary v. Bondi, No. 22-3102 (8th Cir. Feb. 21, 2025)

    • in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez; stop-time rule; equitable tolling; sua sponte; exceptional circumstances for missing hearing; hearing notice in foreign language



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/


    Stafi
    "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"

    • Promo Code: STAFI2025
    • Click me!



    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra
      • Yasmin Lima



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200



    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    21 mins
  • Ep. 251 - Precedential Decisions from 2/10/2025 - 2/16/2025 (past persecution - Roma; disfavored group; firearms offense; CIMT & Loper Bright; continuance & diligence; drugs; sua sponte reopening; DV asylum; inadequate medical care)
    Feb 17 2025

    Lapadat, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-1745 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

    • past persecution; being shot; attempted kidnapping; death & rape threats; IJ mischaracterizing testimony; Roma; “gypsies”; pernicious maltreatment; no requirement for lasting injuries; disfavored group analysis for well founded fear; relevance of EU policy


    Perez-Perez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-4240 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

    • FRAP 15(a)(2)(A); listing names of petitioners in case caption


    Murillo-Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1997 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2025)

    • firearms offense; INA § 237(a)(2)(C); antique firearms exception; divisibility; O.R.S. § 166.250; admitted in any status for LPR cancellation; stop-time rule; SIJ status; Supreme Court effectively overruling precedent; criminal mistreatment in violation of O.R.S. § 163.205; CIMT definition & analysis post-Loper Bright


    Ikome v. Bondi, No. 22-60606 (5th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

    • continuance; motion to remand; Patel &Wilkinson; jurisdiction to consider adjustment of status continuance; motion to remand where I-130 approved; due diligence


    Porter v. Bondi, No. 24-3125 (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

    • possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-248; no need for renumeration; CSA felony; methamphetamine isomers; drug divisibility


    Sanches Alves v. Bondi, No. 24-1258 (1st Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

    • domestic violence-type asylum claim; nexus; personal dispute


    Phimmady v. Bondi, No. 24-1330 (1st Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

    • sua sponte motion to reopen due to vacated conviction; BIA settled course of adjudication; using unpublished BIA decisions; diligence


    Ferchichi v. Bondi, No. 23-1123 (8th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025)

    • inadequate medical care; nexus; spina bifida; mixed motive; future persecution; Algeria



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/



    Want to become a patron?

    • Click here to check out our Patreon Page!


    All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!

    • Luana Lima Serra
    • Yasmin Lima


    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Ep. 250 - Precedential Decisions from 2/3/2025 - 2/9/2025 (BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; procedural or substantive defect; fear of cartels in Mexico; criminal prosecution of immigration attorneys)
    Feb 10 2025

    Funez-Ortiz v. McHenry, No. 23-2290 (4th Cir. Feb. 4, 2025)

    • CAT protection; BIA overturning IJ; under color of law; gangs wearing military uniform; acquiescence; presumption of regularity


    Matter of De Jesus-Platon, 29 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 2025)

    • Cal. Pen Code § 1473.7 vacated conviction; post-conviction relief; Cal. Pen. Code § 18.5; Matter of Velasquez-Rios; CIMT; Cal. Pen Code § 422; motion to remand; procedural or substantive defect; noncitizen's burden



    Becerril-Sanchez v. Bondi, No. 23-3349 (8th Cir. Feb. 6, 2025)

    • fear of cartels and police in Mexico; harm in utero as past persecution; insufficient threats and beating for past persecution; motion to reopen and women in Mexico


    United States v. Greenberg, No. 23-7168 (2d Cir. Feb. 3, 2025)

    • criminal prosecution of immigration attorneys; 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) ¶ 1; conspiracy to obtain documents through fraud



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    The Pen & Sword College (formerly The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law)

    • Use Promo Code: ImmReview2025
    • Link to firm: https://sharma-crawford.com/
    • Link to Nonprofit: https://thepen-and-swordkc.org/
    • Link to books: https://www.rekhasharmacrawford.com/


    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra
      • Yasmin Lima



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    38 mins
  • Ep. 249 - Precedential Decisions from 1/27/2025 - 2/2/2025 (single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright)
    Feb 3 2025

    Matter of Baeza-Galindo, 29 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2025)

    • single scheme of criminal conduct; two or more CIMTs; temporal limitation; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii); criminal intent

    Turner v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-11207 (11th Cir. Jan. 30, 2025)

    • former INA 321(a)(3); derivative naturalization; present-perfect tense; legal separation; Loper Bright; Skidmore deference



    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200


    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    25 mins
  • Ep. 248 - Precedential Decisions from 1/20/2025 - 1/26/2025 (recent thoughts; CAT protection & credibility; crime of violence; general intent crimes; detention - dangerousness, mixed question of law and fact, and substantive due process)
    Jan 27 2025

    Odds and ends, nonprofits, and law students

    • effected nonprofits and law students: email me if you need anything at kgregg@kktplaw.com


    Aguilar-Quintanilla v. McHenry, No. 24-60142 (5th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)

    • CAT protection; removal does not moot CAT challenge; ICE facilitating return; suspected gang members in El Salvador; CAT even with adverse credibility; requirement to consider affidavits; requirement to actually consider evidence, rather than simply mention


    Villagomez v. McHenry, No. 23-3558 (9th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

    • crime of violence; general intent crimes; battery resulting in substantial bodily harm under Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.481(2)(b); mens rea; violent force; Johnson; Borden


    Martinez v. Clark, No. 21-35023 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2024) (remand)

    • detention; dangerousness; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; INA § 236


    Doe v. Becerra, 732 F.Supp.3d 1071 (N.D. Cal. 2024)

    • prolonged detention; mandatory detention; conditions of detention; habeas; punitive detention; alternatives to detention; substantive due process




    Sponsors and friends of the podcast!

    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.

    Cerenade
    "Leader in providing smart, secure, and intuitive cloud-based solutions"

    • Click me!


    Immigration Lawyer's Toolbox

    • https://immigrationlawyerstoolbox.com/immigration-review



    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
    • All praise to the pod's wonderful editors!
      • Luana Lima Serra



    DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
    See Eps. 1-200

    Support the show

    Show more Show less
    47 mins