By Sarah E. Kelly
In Pereira v. Sessions, decided on June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court declined to apply Chevron deference in holding that a Notice to Appear (NTA), which fails to specify the time and place of a noncitizen’s removal proceeding, does not trigger the stop-time rule under section 1229(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) . . .
By Colleen Maney
Aymen lives with his wife, 4-year-old daughter, and newborn baby in Iraq. He has a growing family to care for, but lives like a prisoner in his own home. As an Iraqi citizen, he worked for the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2011. Aymen recalls that, at the time, he was worried about the safety of his family. “But I believed that the U.S. government would protect us,” he explains. “Sadly, I am yet to experience that.” . . .
By Stefanie Gonzalez
Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressly overruled a critical precedential decision regarding domestic violence asylum claims in his June 11, 2018 decision, Matter of A-B-. The loss of a favorable precedential decision will certainly present challenges, but the Matter of A-B- decision does not categorically deny all domestic or gang violence related asylum claims . . .
By Angelika Romero and Timothy Sheble-Hall
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will be removing a controversial rule in business immigration law: the International Entrepreneur (IE) Rule. See DHS Proposes to Remove the International Entrepreneur Rule, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (last updated May 25, 2018). The IE Rule was promulgated by the DHS under the Obama Administration to “encourage international entrepreneurs to create and develop start-up entities with high growth potential in the United States.” International Entrepreneur Rule, 82 Fed. Reg. 5238 (Jan. 17, 2017) . . .