Court denies immigrant asylum petition to US

Immigrant asylum petitioner to the US the court denied petition in asylum case finding BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying relief based on the statutory requirement that one must be present in the U.S. to be eligible for asylum. Asylum applications are backlogged, and it can take up to several years to hear back …

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Supreme court decision to require counsel to person without papers

California Immigration

counsel to person without papers. In a landmark case the Supreme Court reversed and remanded holding that criminal defense counsel must inform counsel to person without papers whether the plea carries a risk of deportation. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot …

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