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In re M-R-M-S-

26 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Elias-Zacarias

    502 U.S. 478 (1992)   Cited 5,204 times
    Holding that central to the asylum statute is that persecution must be on account of a statutorily protected ground, making the assailant's "motive critical"

  2. Zetino v. Holder

    622 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,494 times
    Holding that an applicant's "desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground"

  3. INS v. Bagamasbad

    429 U.S. 24 (1976)   Cited 883 times
    Holding no requirement "to arrive at purely advisory findings and conclusions as to statutory eligibility" for immigration relief when application fails for other reasons

  4. Barajas-Romero v. Lynch

    846 F.3d 351 (9th Cir. 2017)   Cited 649 times
    Holding that the "a reason" is a less demanding standard than "one central reason"

  5. Brnovich v. Democratic Nat'l Comm.

    141 S. Ct. 2321 (2021)   Cited 150 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that bills passed "during different legislative sessions by a substantially different composition of legislators" have sparse "probative value" in showing animus

  6. Parussimova v. Mukasey

    555 F.3d 734 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 510 times
    Holding that "persecution may be caused by more than one central reason"

  7. Perez-Sanchez v. U.S. Attorney Gen.

    935 F.3d 1148 (11th Cir. 2019)   Cited 124 times
    Holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1229 "sets forth only a claim-processing rule" and that a defective notice to appear does not deprive an immigration judge of jurisdiction

  8. Vazquez-Guerra v. Garland

    7 F.4th 265 (5th Cir. 2021)   Cited 88 times
    Distinguishing Cruz on the same basis

  9. Gonzalez-Posadas v. Attorney Gen. U.S.

    781 F.3d 677 (3d Cir. 2015)   Cited 105 times
    Concluding that the evidence did not compel the conclusion that petitioner was more likely than not to suffer persecution on account of his sexual orientation in light of the Honduran government establishing a special unit in the attorney general's office to investigate crimes against LGBT persons and other vulnerable groups and that the record did not "compel the conclusion that there is a ‘systematic, pervasive, or organized’ pattern or practice of persecution of LGBT persons in Honduras"

  10. Hernandez-Avalos v. Lynch

    784 F.3d 944 (4th Cir. 2015)   Cited 84 times
    Holding that a mother was persecuted because of her familial relationship to her son given that gang members sought to "leverage [her] maternal authority to control her son's activities" in order to get the son to join the gang

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,845 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  12. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 8,089 times   13 Legal Analyses
    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