MedellÍn v. Texas

Holding that President George W. Bush's memorandum in response to an international court's decision was "not a rule of domestic law binding in state and federal courts"

JIN v. MUKASEY

Holding that the existing legal system does not permit aliens who have been ordered removed "to disregard [those] orders and remain in the United States long enough to change their personal circumstances ( e.g., by having children or practicing a persecuted religion) and initiate new proceedings via a new asylum application"

Chavarria v. Gonzalez

Holding that a death threat rose to the level of persecution because it was carried out on account of political opinion and the attackers robbed the petitioner and pointed a gun to his face while making the threat

United States v. De La Pava

Holding that counsel's failure to move to dismiss an indictment under the Vienna Convention did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel when, at the time, no court of appeals had held that the provision at issue formed a basis for a motion to dismiss an indictment

Arriaga-Barrientos v. U.S. I.N.S.

Holding that mandatory service in the Guatemalan civil patrol is not sufficient to show an imputed political opinion

Roye v. Attorney Gen. of United States

Holding that whether BIA properly applied the clear error standard of review and the standard for likelihood of torture with government acquiescence each constitute legal questions providing basis for appellate jurisdiction

Yan Lan Wu v. Ashcroft

Finding a petitioner's claim exhausted even though she "did not explicitly argue that the Immigration Judge erred in considering only her airport interview" but "contend[ed] in her Notice of Appeal that the Immigration Judge's conclusion [was] not supported by substantial evidence within the record"

Rranci v. Atty. Gen. of U.S.

Holding that a signed affidavit indicating that prior counsel had been informed of the ineffectiveness allegations was sufficient evidence of compliance with the requirements

Bradvica v. I.N.S.

Affirming asylum denial of the BIA which held that a Croatian alien from the Bosnia-Herzegovenia region of the FRY did not suffer persecution when he was arrested, detained, interrogated, and physically threatened, where generalized conditions of unrest and strife persisted in the FRY, and where alien alleged that he might be punished for deserting the FRY military

Gross v. German Foundation

Section 841 - Prohibited acts A

In § 841 prosecutions, then, it is the fact that the doctor issued an unauthorized prescription that renders his or her conduct wrongful, not the fact of the dispensation itself.

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

Section 214.2 - Special requirements for admission, extension, and maintenance of status

Restating cap in 8 U.S.C. § 1184(g)(l)

Section 214.11 - Former regulations for noncitizen victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons

Governing requirements for USCIS to qualify an alien for a T-Visa under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-386, 114 Stat. 1464