Lopez-Birrueta v. Holder (9th Cir. 2/17/2011) Congress enacted the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) in 1994 as a means of allowing persons of foreign birth who have been in physically or mentally abusive relationships with U.S. citizens or permanent residents to self petition for permanent residence. The reason why this became necessary is because often […]
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Parent of Formerly Abused Children Qualify for VAWA
March 16th, 2011 
Max Nuyen 
Posted in Deportation and Detention 
Tags: Lopez-Birrueta v. Holder, mental abuse, physical abuse, removal proceedings, self petition, special rule cancellation, VAWA 
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December 16th, 2010 Max Nuyen Dent v. Holder (9th Cir. 2010) Sometimes a case comes along with a decision so obvious and sensible that you wonder why the issue had not been decided the same way earlier. Dent v. Holder is such a case. Here, the Ninth Circuit found that an alien in removal proceedings has a right to a […]
Posted in Citizenship, Deportation and Detention Tags: citizen, Dent v. Holder, FOIA request, removal proceedings 2 Comments »Cancellation of Removal Applicant Entitled to Full and Fair Hearing
June 8th, 2010 Max Nuyen Cruz Rendon v. Holder (9th Cir. 2010) In a harsh rebuke to a sitting immigration judge, the 9th Circuit ruled that the judge’s conduct deprived an applicant for cancellation of removal a full, fair, and impartial hearing. The applicant, Cruz Rendon, was a citizen of Mexico who entered the United States illegally in 1990. In […]