Clemente Avelino Pereida, (“Pereida”) a Mexican citizen, entered the United States in 1995 without authorization. Pereida v. Barr at 1130. Pereida has remained in the U.S. since then, and he has been steadily employed, paid his taxes, and raised a...
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Wescley Fonseca Pereira (“Pereira”) came to the United States from Brazil in June 2000 on a non-immigrant visitor visa that allowed him to stay in the country until December 21, 2000. Pereira v. Sessions, 866 F.3d 1, 2 (1st Cir. 2017). Pereira...
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Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez and her fellow respondents are a group of noncitizen individuals that were removed from the United States based on an order of removal. Chavez v. Holt at 869. Once the individuals returned to their respective countries, the...
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Preference relatives are certain family members of a U.S. citizen who are seeking to immigrate to the United States based on their relationship to the U.S. citizen. There are yearly limitations on family preference immigrants and the relatives in this...
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Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) protects foreign nationals within the United States from removal “during armed conflict, environmental disasters, or other extraordinary conditions in their homelands.” Sanchez v. Sec'y U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. at...
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The family-sponsored immigration process is one path a foreign national can take to obtain lawful residence in the United States. See Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorkas, 656 F.3d 954, 956 (9th Cir. 2011), rev’d en banc, 695 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2012)....
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Respondent James Garcia Dimaya, a citizen of the Philippines, immigrated to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1992 at the age of thirteen. See Brief for Respondent, James Garcia Dimaya at 5; Dimaya v. Lynch, 803 F.3d 1110, 1111 (9th...
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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted to nationals of certain countries who are already in the United States. During the designated period, these individuals may obtain travel and employment authorization, are not...
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Jorge Luna Torres, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, plead guilty to and was convicted of attempted third-degree arson in violation of New York State Penal Law §§ 110.00 and 150.10 in...
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On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13769 (“EO-1”), which placed significant immigration restrictions on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. Hawaii v. Trump, 878 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 2017). EO-1, whose...