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Pereira v. Sessions Opens Multiple New Doors to Defend Against Removal

Pereira v. Sessions Opens Multiple New Doors to Defend Against Removal

by Matthew Hoppock | Jun 22, 2018 | Immigration, Motions to Reopen, Removal Defense | 1 comment

Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions appears fairly technical and narrow, it isn’t. It casts a light on a practice by the DHS dating back to 1996. In nearly all cases the DHS has served a deficient charging document, called a...
“No Dark Courtrooms” is the Secret EOIR Policy That May Ruin Your Summer

“No Dark Courtrooms” is the Secret EOIR Policy That May Ruin Your Summer

by Matthew Hoppock | Jun 1, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Practice, Removal Defense | 0 comments

Some concerning developments in the last few days require writing this post when we still don’t have all of the details. Apparently the Immigration Courts are implementing a system of “No Dark Courtrooms,” which may mean Immigration Courts operating...
Immigration Litigation Bulletin – July, 2016 to November, 2017

Immigration Litigation Bulletin – July, 2016 to November, 2017

by Matthew Hoppock | May 31, 2018 | FOIA | 0 comments

Without any explanation, the Department of Justice stopped posting its “Immigration Litigation Bulletin” online in mid-2016. The older versions are online here. The Immigration Litigation Bulletin is a publication by the Department of Justice’s...
Three Operation Janus Updates in the Pending Cases in Federal Court

Three Operation Janus Updates in the Pending Cases in Federal Court

by Matthew Hoppock | May 15, 2018 | Denaturalization, Immigration | 0 comments

Three of the pending Operation Janus cases which had been largely dormant the last few months have now been updated on PACER. As I have written previously, these cases are “locked” on PACER, meaning you can read the titles of the documents that have been...
Supreme Court Concludes “Crime of Violence” is Unconstitutionally Vague

Supreme Court Concludes “Crime of Violence” is Unconstitutionally Vague

by Matthew Hoppock | Apr 17, 2018 | Immigration, Removal Defense | 0 comments

Dimaya v. Sessions – Sessions loses. And the cherry on top? Gorsuch casts the deciding vote and writes a compelling concurrence. So, what does this mean? I will have a lot more to say later, but my quick take: The aggravated felony of “a crime of...
USCIS Now Hiding its Naturalization Form From Military Members

USCIS Now Hiding its Naturalization Form From Military Members

by Matthew Hoppock | Mar 8, 2018 | Immigration, Naturalization | 1 comment

Yesterday the USCIS rolled out e-filing for its naturalization form for everyone except military members. But in doing so it hid the link to the N-400 form, making it fairly difficult to know what form is the correct one to use if you’re in the military (or...
Operation Janus and Operation Second Look: Denaturalization of Citizens With Removal Orders

Operation Janus and Operation Second Look: Denaturalization of Citizens With Removal Orders

by Matthew Hoppock | Mar 4, 2018 | Denaturalization, Immigration | 1 comment

I predict a sea change in Immigration enforcement efforts in the coming year, focusing finite resources on denaturalization at the expense of adjudicating benefits applications for everyone else. This is a summary of that program and how I think it’s going to...
More Immigration Judge Benchbook Hijinks

More Immigration Judge Benchbook Hijinks

by Matthew Hoppock | Feb 19, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration | 1 comment

The Department of Justice just can’t make up its mind. Removal of the Immigration Judge Benchbook Sometime in April, 2017 the Department of Justice removed the Immigration Judge Benchbook from the internet without any announcement or warning. The benchbook is a...
Habeas Corpus Granted for Detainee Who Can’t Be Deported

Habeas Corpus Granted for Detainee Who Can’t Be Deported

by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 18, 2017 | Bond, Immigration | 1 comment

This work is filled with disappointment and dead ends – good people who have no immigration options under our broken system and honorable families who lose family members to deportation because an arcane admissions system that stopped working many years ago...
Here is the Old Immigration Judge Benchbook

Here is the Old Immigration Judge Benchbook

by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 3, 2017 | Immigration, Immigration Practice | 3 comments

May 15, 2020 Update: received today a DVD with what the EOIR says is the entire benchbook (the thing they put online last year in response to our FOIA was incomplete). The .zip file is here. April 14, 2018 Update: In response to our FOIA (and following having to...
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