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TABLE OF DECISIONS

A Abdelghany, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 254 (BIA 2014) .................... 628, 629, 631, 632, 638, 640,

....................................................................................................... 641, 642, 673, 674, 675, 678 Abdel-Masieh v. INS, 73 F.3d 579 (5th Cir. 1996) ......................................................... 524, 531 Abdelqadar v. Gonzales, 413 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2005) ................................................... 318, 527 Abiodun v. Gonzales, 461 F.3d 1210 (10th Cir. 2006) .............................................................. 62 Abosi, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 204 (BIA 2007) ...................................................................... 602 Abreu-Semino, Matter of, 12 I&N Dec. 775 (BIA 1968) ................................................ 330, 483 Abuelhawa v. United States, 129 U.S. 2102 (2009) ................................................................ 360 Abu-Khaliel v. Gonzales, 436 F.3d 627 (6th Cir. 2006) .......................................................... 587 Acero v. INS, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4440, 2005 WL 615744 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 16,

2005) .................................................................................................................................... 387 Acosta v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 218 (3d Cir. 2003) ......................................................... 69, 70, 700 Acosta-Hidalgo, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 103 (BIA 2007) .............................................. 656, 657 Adamiak, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 878 (BIA 2006) ................................................................... 80 Adamo, Matter of, 10 I&N Dec. 593 (BIA 1964) ................................................................ 72, 90 Adetiba, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 506 (BIA 1992) ........................................................... 318, 526 Agour, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 566 (BIA 2015) ..................................................................... 599 Aguila Montes de Oca; United States v., 655 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2011) ................. 241, 242, 251,

............................................................................................................... 252, 260, 277, 321, 394 Aguilar v. ICE, No. 07-1819 WL 4171244 (1st Cir. Nov. 27, 2007) ....................................... 162 Aguilar-Aguilar v. Napolitano, 700 F.3d 1238 (10th Cir. 2012) ............................................. 121 Aguilar-Aquino, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 747 (BIA 2009) ............................... 170, 202, 203, 204 Aguilera-Montero v. Mukasey, 548 F.3d 1248 (9th Cir. 2008) ................................................. 72 Aguirre v. INS, 79 F.3d 315 (2d Cir. 1996) ............................................................................. 364 Aguirre-Aguirre; INS v., 526 U.S. 415 (1999) ................................................................ 531, 616 A-H-, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 774 (AG 2005) ................................................................ 455, 459 Ahortalejo-Guzman, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 465 (BIA 2011) ................................ 265, 270, 557 Ajami, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 949 (BIA 1999) ............................................................. 323, 708 Akindemowo v. INS, 61 F.3d 282 (4th Cir. 1995) .................................................................. 526 Akinsade v. Holder, 678 F.3d 138 (2d Cir. 2012) ................................................... 396, 427, 717 Alaka v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 456 F.3d 88 (3d Cir. 2006) ...................................... 401, 538, 616, 680 Alarcon, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 557 (BIA 1992) .................................................................. 318 Alday-Dominguez, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 48 (BIA 2017) .................................................... 396 Alexandre v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 452 F.3d 1204 (11th Cir. 2006) ............................................... 631 Alfaro, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 417 (BIA 2011) ..................................................................... 328 Ali v. Achim, 468 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2006), cert. dismissed, 552 U.S. 1085 (2007) ............... 538 Ali v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 722 (7th Cir. 2005) ........................................................................... 82 Ali v. Barlow, 446 F. Supp. 2d 604 (E.D. Va. 2006) ............................................................... 190 Ali v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 737 (7th Cir. 2008) ................................................................. 268, 269 Ali v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 443 F.3d 804 (11th Cir. 2006) .............................................................. 69 Alli v. Thomas, No. 4:09-CV-0698, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 69413 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 10,

2009) ............................................................................................................................ 163, 164

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Al Makaaseb Gen. Trading Co. v. Christopher, No. 94-CV-U79 (CSH), 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3057, 1995 WL 110117 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 13, 1995) ................................................................ 30

Almanza, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2009) .......................................... 314, 580, 581, 582 Almanza-Arenas v. Holder, 771 F.3d 1184 (9th Cir. 2014) ............................. 312, 314, 581, 582 Almanza Arenas v. Lynch, 815 F.3d 469 (9th Cir. 2016) ........................................ 314, 581, 582 Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586 (9th Cir. 2005) .................................................... 468, 562 Alvarado, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 895 (BIA 2016) ................................................................. 397 Alvarado-Alvino, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 718 (BIA 1999) ..................................................... 397 Alvarez Acosta v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 524 F.3d 1191 (11th Cir. 2008) ................................ 451, 452 Alvarez-Barajas v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2005) ..................................................... 32 Alvarez Fernandez, No. A046 941 394 (BIA Sept. 23, 2014) .......................... 151, 335, 337, 486 Alvarez-Reynaga v. Holder, 596 F.3d 534 (9th Cir. 2010) ...................................................... 312 Alyazji, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 397 (BIA 2011) .................................................... 525, 598, 691 Amaya-Portillo; United States v., 423 F.3d 427 (4th Cir. 2005) .............................................. 363 Amendments to Fla. Rules of Criminal Procedure, In re, 536 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 1988) ............... 94 American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991) ..................... 626 Antes; State v., 246 N.W.2d 671 (Wis. 1976) .......................................................................... 516 Arai, Matter of, 13 I&N Dec. 494 (BIA 1970) ......................................................................... 587 Aremu v. DHS, 450 F.3d 578 (4th Cir. 2006) .......................................................................... 525 Arguelles-Campos, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 811 (BIA 1999) .................................. 528, 529, 648 Arias v. Lynch, 834 F.3d 823 (7th Cir. 2016) .......................................................... 269, 303, 320 Armendarez, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 646 (BIA 2008) ............................................................ 641 Arrabally & Yerrabelly, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012) ........................................... 588 Arreola, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 267 (BIA 2010) .................................................................... 182 Arriola-Arenas v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 145 F. App’x 757, 2005 WL 2012262 (3d Cir.

2005) .................................................................................................................................... 645 Aruna, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 452 (BIA 2008) .............................................................. 251, 355 Ashley v. Ridge, 288 F. Supp. 2d 662 (D.N.J. 2003) ............................................................... 184 Attucks; United States v., 64 M.J. 518 (A.F. Crim. App. 2006) ............................................... 102 Atunnise v. Mukasey, 523 F.3d 830 (7th Cir. 2008) ................................................................ 666 Avendano v. Holder, 770 F.3d 731 (8th Cir. 2014) .................................................................. 323 Averi; United States v., 922 F.2d 765 (11th Cir. 1991) ............................................ 207, 233, 431 Avetisyan, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 688 (BIA 2012) ................................................................ 752 Avila-Santoyo v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 713 F.3d 1357 (11th Cir. 2013) ......................................... 643 Awad v. Gonzales, 494 F.3d 723 (8th Cir. 2007) ..................................................................... 456 Azurin, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 695 (BIA 2005) ............................................................. 584, 644

B

B-, Matter of, 6 I&N Dec. 98 (BIA 1954) ........................................................................ 281, 323 Babaisakov, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 306 (BIA 2007) ............. 207, 401, 421, 430, 431, 694, 710 Bahar v. Ashcroft, 264 F.3d 1309 (11th Cir. 2001) .......................................................... 345, 346 Bahta, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1381 (BIA 2000) ..................................................................... 395 Balao, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 440 (BIA 1992) ............................................................... 602, 703 Balderas, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 389 (BIA 1991) .......................................................... 499, 583 Balogun v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 425 F.3d 1356 (11th Cir. 2005) ..................................................... 71 Balsys; United States v., 524 U.S. 666 (1998) ........................................................................... 91

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Bamba v. Rile, 366 F.3d 195 (3d Cir. 2004) .............................................................................. 69 Barakat v. Holder, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 19213 (6th Cir. 2010) ............................................ 77 Barma v. Holder, 640 F.3d 749 (7th Cir. 2011) ............................................................... 452, 542 Barraza v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 388 (7th Cir. 2008) ................................................. 451, 452, 592 Barry v. Bergen Cnty. Prob. Dep’t, 128 F.3d 152 (3d Cir. 1997) ............................................ 200 Bart, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 436 (BIA 1992) ........................................................................ 318 Batista-Hernandez, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 955 (BIA 1997) .................................................. 712 Bautista, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 616 (BIA 2011) .................................................................. 392 Bautista v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 744 F.3d 54 (3d Cir. 2014) ................................................. 391, 392 Bazan-Reyes v. INS, 256 F.3d 600 (7th Cir. 2001) ................................................................. 376 Becker v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1000 (9th Cir. 2007) ................................................................ 453 Bejar v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 127 (3d Cir. 2003) ......................................................................... 33 Bejarano-Urrutia v. Gonzales, 413 F.3d 444 (4th Cir. 2005) ................................... 385, 711, 714 Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979) ....................................................................................... 89 Beltran, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 521 (BIA 1992) ............................................. 450, 451, 497, 498 Bernabella, Matter of, 13 I&N Dec. 42 (BIA 1968) ................................................................ 602 Beslic v. INS, 265 F.3d 568 (7th Cir. 2001) ..................................................... 477, 572, 573, 592 Bidwell; State v., 546 N.W.2d 507 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996) ........................................................ 516 Binkley; United States v., 903 F.2d 1130 (7th Cir. 1990) ....................................................... 360 Blake, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 722 (BIA 2005), rev’d & remanded, Blake v. Carbone,

489 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2007) ........................................................................... 474, 566, 590, 639 Blancas-Lara, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 458 (BIA 2002) .......................................................... 619 Blas, Matter of, 15 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 1974, AG 1976) ........................................................ 587 Bobadilla v. Holder, 679 F.3d 1052 (8th Cir. 2012) ........................................................ 265, 269 Boffil-Rivera; United States v., 607 F.3d 736 (11th Cir. 2010) ............................................... 319 Bogarin-Flores v. Napolitano, 2012 WL 3283287 (S.D. Cal. 2012) ....................................... 176 Borrego v. Mukasey, 539 F.3d 689 (7th Cir. 2008) ................................................................. 666 Borrome v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 687 F.3d 150 (3d Cir. 2012) ...................................... 359, 449, 450 Bostic v. State of Fla., 902 So. 2d 225 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005) ................................................... 508 Bracamontes v. Holder, 675 F.3d 380 (4th Cir. 2012) ..................................................... 596, 599 Brieva-Perez, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 766 (BIA 2005) ................................................... 387, 704 Briones-Mata; United States v., 116 F.3d 308 (8th Cir. 1997) ................................................ 363 Brito v. Mukasey, 521 F.3d 160 (2d Cir. 2008) ....................................................................... 587 Brown v. Lanoie, 13-cv-13211-IT, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173067 (U.S. Dist. Mass.

2014) .................................................................................................................................... 190 Brown; State v., 343 Wis. 2d 679, 819 N.W.2d 563, 2012 WI App. 88 (Wis. App.

2012) .................................................................................................................................... 441 Buscemi, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 628 (BIA 1988) ................................................................. 799 Bustamante, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 564 (BIA 2011) ..................................................... 602, 624 Byrne v. Beers, No. 13-6593, 2014 LEXIS 82070 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 2014), aff’d sub nom. Byrne v.

Secretary, United States Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12041 (3d Cir. Pa. July 13, 2015) .......................................................................................... 60

C

C-, Matter of, 5 I&N Dec. 370 (BIA 1953) ............................................................................. 324 C-, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 529 (BIA 1992) ........................................................................... 614 C–A–, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006) ...................................................................... 746



Cabrera, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 459 (BIA 2008) ............................................................. 64, 726 Calderon; United States v., 391 F.3d 370 (2d Cir. 2004) ......................................................... 643 Campbell; United States v., 167 F.3d 94 (2d Cir. 1999) ............................................................ 69 Campos-Torres, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1289 (BIA 2000) ............................................. 330, 619 Candelario; United States v., 240 F.3d 1300 (11th Cir. 2001) ................................................. 386 Cano-Oyarzabal v. Holder, 774 F.3d 914 (7th Cir. 2014) ........................................ 265, 275, 324 Carachuri-Rosendo, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 382 (BIA 2007) ................................. 367, 368, 369 Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, 570 F.3d 263 (5th Cir. 2009), rev’d, 560 U.S. 563

(2010) ................................................................... 250, 290, 291, 343, 349, 350, 365, 367, 368, ....................................................................................................................................... 370, 371

Cardenas-Abreu, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 795 (BIA 2009) ........................................................ 62 Cardenas-Abreu v. Holder, 378 F. App’x 59, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 10498 (2d Cir.

2010) ...................................................................................................................................... 62 Cardenas-Delgado v. Holder, 720 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 2013) ................................................... 673 Cardiel, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 12 (BIA 2009) .............................................................. 395, 731 Cardoso-Tlaseca v. Gonzales, 460 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2006) .................................................... 78 Cardoza-Fonseca; INS v., 480 U.S. 421 (1987) ....................................................... 286, 506, 614 Carillo, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 625 (BIA 1978) ..................................................................... 712 Carlos-Blaza v. Holder, 611 F.3d 583 (9th Cir. 2010) ..................................................... 396, 427 Carraza-De Salinas v. Holder, 700 F.3d 768 (5th Cir. 2012) ................................................... 673 Casas-Castrillon v. DHS, 535 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2008) ................................................... 164, 165 Casilla Nunez, No. A042 893 719 (BIA Nov. 20, 2013) .................................. 151, 335, 337, 486 Castaneda v. Souza, No. 13-10874, 952 F. Supp. 2d 307 (D. Mass. July 3, 2013),

aff’d, 769 F.3d 32 (1st Cir. 2014), withdrawn & reh’g granted, No. 13-1994, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 5292 (Jan. 23, 2015), aff’d on reh’g, 810 F.3d 15 (1st Cir. 2015) .................................................................................................................... 176, 177, 178

Castaneda de Esper v. INS, 557 F.2d 79 (6th Cir. 1977) .......................................................... 712 Castillo v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 729 F.3d 296 (3d Cir. 2013) ................................................... 59, 371 Castillo-Arias v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 446 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2006) .......................................... 746 Castillo-Cruz v. Holder, 581 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2009) ................................................... 312, 315 Castillo-Hernandez v. Longshore, 6 F. Supp. 3d 1198 (D. Colo. 2013) ................................... 162 Castillo-Martinez, In re, 2005 WL 698343 (BIA Feb. 16, 2005) ............................................. 733 Castillo-Rivera; United States v., 853 F.3d 218 (5th Cir. 2017) .............................................. 276 Castle v. INS, 541 F.2d 1064 (4th Cir. 1976) ........................................................................... 305 Castro-Lopez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 693 (BIA 2015) .......................................................... 627 Castro-Rocha; United States v., 323 F.3d 846 (10th Cir. 2003) ............................................... 363 Castro-Rodriguez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 698 (BIA 2012) .................................... 250, 291, 355 Catholic Soc. Servs., Inc. v. Meese, 820 F.2d 289 (9th Cir. 1987), vacated sub nom.

Reno v. Catholic Soc. Servs., Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993) ........................................................ 127 Cazarez-Gutierrez v. Ashcroft, 382 F.3d 905 (9th Cir. 2004) .................................................. 364 Cedillo-Jimenez, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2017) .......................................................... 327 Cerezo v. Mukasey, 512 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2008) ................................................................. 325 Cesar v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 06-15140, 240 F. App’x 856, 2007 WL 2068359

(11th Cir. 2007) .................................................................................................................... 463 Cespedes v. Lynch, 805 F.3d 1274 (10th Cir. 2015) ................................................................ 467 Cevallos, Matter of, 12 I&N Dec. 750 (BIA 1968), overruled, 19 I&N Dec. 539 (BIA

1988) ...................................................................................................................................... 60



Chacon v. Lynch, No. 16-2768, 2016 LEXIS 146542 (D.N.J 2016) ....................................... 166 Chadha; INS v., 462 U.S. 919 (1983) ........................................................................................ 28 Chae Chan Pin v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889) ............................................................... 28 Chaidez v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 1103 (2013) ..................................................................... 86 Chairez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 349 (BIA 2014) ........... 241, 255, 260, 261, 263, 272, 274, 275,

....................................................................................................... 277, 384, 445, 457, 483, 507 Chairez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 478 (BIA 2015) .................................... 263, 278, 300, 384, 457 Chairez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 686 (A.G. 2016) .......................................................... 384, 457 Chairez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 819 (BIA 2016) ............................................ 263, 384, 427, 457 Chairez, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 21 (BIA 2017) ..................................................... 264, 385, 457 Chan v. Gantner, 464 F.3d 289 (2d Cir. 2006) ................................................................ 565, 646 Chang v. INS, 119 F.3d 1055 (3d Cir. 1997) ................................................................... 524, 531 Chapa-Garza; United States v., 243 F.3d 479 (5th Cir. 2001) ................................................. 376 Charles v. Shanahan, 2012 WL 4794313 (D.N.J. Oct. 9, 2012) .............................................. 175 Chaunt v. United States, 364 U.S. 350 (1960) ......................................................................... 533 Chavez-Alvarez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 274 (BIA 2014) ....................................................... 61 Chavez-Martinez, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 272 (BIA 2007) ................................................ 77, 78 Chavez-Perez v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 1284 (9th Cir. 2004) ........................................................ 68 Chavez-Solis v. Lynch, 803 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2015) ........................................................... 715 Chevron v. USA Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, 467 U.S. 837 (1984) ................. 29, 179, 306 Chinese Exclusion Case. See Chae Chan Pin v. United States Chrzanoski v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 188 (2d Cir. 2003) ............................................................. 406 Cisneros v. Lynch, 834 F.3d 857 (7th Cir. 2016) ............................................................ 607, 609 Cisneros-Guerrerro v. Holder, 774 F.3d 1056 (5th Cir. 2014) ................................................. 153 Cisneros-Perez v. Gonzales, 465 F.3d 386 (9th Cir. 2006) ...................................................... 124 C-J-H-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 284 (BIA 2014) .................................................................... 611 Clark v. Martinez, 543 U.S. 371 (2005) .................................................................................. 189 Conteh v. Gonzales, 461 F.3d 45 (1st Cir. 2006) ............................................................. 245, 404 Contreras-Bocanegra v. Holder, 629 F.3d 1170 (10th Cir. 2010) ............................................ 643 Contreras-Bocanegra v. Holder, 678 F.3d 811 (10th Cir. 2012) .............................................. 671 Coronado v. Holder, 759 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 2014) .................................................................. 255 Coronado-Durazo v. INS, 123 F.3d 1322 (9th Cir. 1997) ....................................................... 451 Corona-Garcia v. Gonzales, 128 F. App’x 77, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS (10th Cir. 2005)

(unpublished) ......................................................................................................................... 69 Correa-Garces, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 451 (BIA 1992) ................................................ 319, 475 Cortes-Salazar; United States v., 682 F.3d 953 (11th Cir. 2012) ............................................. 381 Cotas, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 849 (BIA 2005) ........................................................................ 86 Coyt v. Holder, 593 F.3d 902 (9th Cir. 2010) .................................................................. 643, 671 Crespo v. Holder, 631 F.3d 130 (4th Cir. 2011) ........................................................................ 63 Crittenden v. State, 137 So. 3d 1170 (3d Dist. Ct. App. of Fla. 2014) .................................... 732 Cruz v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 452 F.3d 240 (3d Cir. 2006) ......................................................... 78, 80 Cruz; United States v., 508 F. App’x 890 (11th Cir. 2013) ..................................................... 815 Cruz-Garza v. Ashcroft, 396 F.3d 1125 (10th Cir. 2005) .......................................................... 77 Cuellar-Gomez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2012) ............... 58, 59, 60, 61, 103, 104, 368,

.............................................................................................................................. 369, 370, 371 Cuevas-Gaspar v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 1013 (9th Cir. 2005) ........................................... 619, 705 C-V-T-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 1998) ....................................................................... 800



D

Dalton v. Ashcroft, 257 F.3d 200 (2d Cir. 2001) ..................................................................... 243 Damerville; United States v., 27 F.3d 254 (7th Cir. 1994) ....................................................... 291 Danesh, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 669 (BIA 1988) ............................................................ 305, 325 Daniels v. State, 587 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1991) ............................................................ 151, 334, 484 Danso v. Gonzales, 489 F.3d 709 (5th Cir. 2007) ...................................................................... 71 Davey, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2012) ........................................ 172, 173, 452, 542, 592 Davis, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 1992) ............................................... 349, 350, 372, 389 Davis v. Hendricks, 2012 WL 6005713 (D.N.J. 2012) ............................................................ 176 D.B. v. Kapp, 725 F.3d 681 (7th Cir. 2013) ............................................................................. 442 Dean v. United States, 556 U.S. 568 (2009) ............................................................................. 136 Deanda-Romo, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 597 (BIA 2003) ......................................... 467, 557, 620 Deang, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 57 (BIA 2017) ........................................................................ 395 De La Nues, Matter of, 18 I&N Dec. 140 (BIA 1981) ....................................................... 90, 311 De Leon-Reynoso v. Ashcroft, 293 F.3d 633 (3d Cir. 2002) ................................................... 315 Delgado v. Holder, 563 F.3d 863 (9th Cir. 2009) ............................................................. 538, 616 Del Risco, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 109 (BIA 1989) ................................................................ 497 Demore v. Kim, 538 U.S. 510 (2003) ...................................... 161, 162, 164, 172, 189, 223, 224 DePompei v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 999 F.2d 138 (6th Cir. 1993) ..................................... 200 Desai v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 762 (7th Cir. 2008) ..................................................................... 454 Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. __, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013) ........... 144, 151, 156, 236, 237,

...................................................................................................... 238, 241, 242, 251, 252, 253, ............................... 254, 255, 260, 262, 263, 272, 276, 277, 278, 283, 284, 286, 296, 300, 305, ............................... 309, 311, 312, 314, 317, 333, 335, 337, 356, 381, 388, 391, 400, 417, 419, ............................... 420, 422, 427, 438, 444, 450, 457, 483, 485, 486, 490, 491, 502, 503, 505, ............................................................................................... 507, 513, 515, 516, 728, 730, 815

Devison-Charles, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1362 (BIA 2000) ..................................... 86, 700, 701 Diaz-Lizarraga, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 847 (BIA 2016) ............... 150, 151, 156, 311, 312, 313,

............................................................................................................... 336, 337, 485, 486, 703 Diaz-Nin; United States v., 221 F. Supp. 2d 584 (D.V.I. 2002) ............................................... 124 Diem Thi Huynh v. Holder, No. 05-73446, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 7269

(9th Cir. Apr. 6, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 318 Dieuvu Forvilus, No. A071 552 965 (BIA Jan. 28, 2014) ................................ 151, 335, 337, 486 Dillingham, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 1001 (BIA 1997) .............................................................. 90 Dillingham v. INS, 267 F.3d 996 (9th Cir. 2001) ....................................................................... 72 Dimaya v. Lynch, 803 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2015), cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 31 (2016) ........... 295,

....................................................................................................................... 298, 378, 383, 387 Dimaya v. Sessions, No. 15-1498, cert. granted (U.S. Sept. 2016) ......................................... 304 Diomande v. Wrona, No. 05-73290 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 12, 2005) ............................................. 163 Diop v. ICE/Homeland Sec., 656 F.3d 221 (3d Cir. 2011) ............... 165, 166, 223, 224, 225, 226 Discipio v. Ashcroft, 369 F.3d 472 (5th Cir. 2001) .................................................................... 80 Discipio v. Ashcroft, 417 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 2005) .................................................................... 80 D-K-, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 761 (BIA 2012) .................................................................... 7, 610 Dolt; United States v., 27 F.3d 235 (6th Cir. 1994) .................................................................. 451 Dominguez-Herrera v. Sessions, 850 F.3d 411 (8th Cir. 2017) ......................................... 59, 372 Dominguez-Rodriguez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 408 (BIA 2014) ............................................ 447



Donawa v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 735 F.3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2013) .......... 144, 283, 289, 290, 292, 351, .............................................................................................................................. 417, 486, 505

Drax v. Reno, 338 F.3d 98 (2d Cir. 2003) ............................................................................... 644 Dulal-Whiteway v. DHS, 501 F.3d 116 (2d Cir. 2007) ............................................................. 32 Dunmann; State v., 427 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 1983) ........................................ 151, 334, 337, 484, 485

E

Edmundson; United States v., No. PWG-13-15, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171007 (S.D. Md. Dec. 29, 2015) ............................................................................................. 297, 298

Edwards, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 191 (BIA 1990) ................................................................. 799 Efagene v. Holder, 642 F.3d 918 (10th Cir. 2011) .......................................................... 327, 479 Efstathiadis v. Holder, 752 F.3d 591 (2d Cir. 2014) ........................................................ 276, 513 Efstathiadis v. Holder, 317 Conn. 482, 119 A.3d 522 (2015) .................................................. 276 Elizalde-Altamirano; United States v., 226 F. App’x 846, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS

14959, 2007 WL 1765521 (10th Cir. 2007) ......................................................................... 393 Enriquez-Gutierez v. Holder, 612 F.3d 400 (5th Cir. 2010) .................................................... 639 Escobar, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 231 (BIA 2007) .................................................................. 618 Escobedo; State v., 404 So. 2d 760 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981) ......................................................... 422 Eslamizar, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 684 (BIA 2004) .............................. 58, 61, 90, 103, 104, 372 Espinal-Andrades v. Holder, 777 F.3d 163 (4th Cir. 2015) ..................................................... 392 Espinoza-Gonzalez, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 889 (BIA 1999) ................................ 322, 712, 713 Esposito, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1995) ..................................................................... 631 Esquivel v. Lynch, 803 F.3d 699 (5th Cir. 2015) ............................................................ 447, 448 Esquivel-Quintana, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 469 (BIA 2015) ........................... 345, 346, 440, 441 Esquivel-Quintana v. Lynch, 810 F.3d 1019 (6th Cir. 2016) ................................................... 440 Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 137 S. Ct. 1562 (2017) .................. 237, 238, 343, 346, 347, 502,

...................................................................................................................................... 507, 716 Essam Helmi El Shami; United States v., 434 F.3d 659 (4th Cir. 2005) ................................. 670 Estrada, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 749 (BIA 2016) ............................ 206, 245, 247, 463, 464, 718 Estrada v. Holder, 560 F.3d 1039 (9th Cir. 2009) ................................................................... 452 Estrada-Espinoza v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2008) ........................................ 346, 361 Estrella; United States v., 758 F.3d 1239 (11th Cir. 2014) .............. 144, 151, 259, 260, 300, 334,

...................................................................................................................................... 419, 503

F

F-, Matter of, 6 I&N Dec. 783 (BIA 1955) .............................................................................. 310 Fajardo-Espinoza, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 603 (BIA 2015) ................................................... 599 Fay v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391 (1963) ............................................................................................ 201 Fedorenko v. United States, 449 U.S. 490 (1981) ................................................................... 533 Fernandez v. Mukasey, 544 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 2008) ............................................................. 365 Fernandez-Bernal v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 257 F.3d 1034 (11th Cir. 2001) ..................................... 29 Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 410 F.3d 585 (9th Cir. 2005), adopted en banc,

466 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 2006) ........................................................................32, 373, 385, 462 Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales, 548 U.S. 30 (2006) ................................................................ 127 Ferreira, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 415 (BIA 2014) ........... 256, 272, 273, 274, 356, 357, 444, 446,

...................................................................................................................................... 507, 508 Fitzpatrick, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 559 (BIA 2015) .............................................................. 480



Flores, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 225 (BIA 1980) ...................... 311, 318, 336, 483, 486, 728, 729 Flores v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2003) ..................................................................... 462 Flores-Abarca, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 922 (BIA 2017) ......................................................... 457 Flores-Aguirre, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 155 (BIA 2013) ........................................................ 292 Flores-Ledezma v. Gonzales, 415 F.3d 375 (5th Cir. 2005) ............................................. 121, 122 Flores-Leon v. INS, 272 F.3d 433 (7th Cir. 2001) ................................................................... 637 Flores-Lopez v. Holder, 685 F.3d 857 (9th Cir. 2012) ............................................................. 385 Florez v. Holder, 779 F.3d 207 (2d Cir. 2015) ......................................................................... 465 Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71 (1992) ................................................................................. 157 Francis v. INS, 532 F.2d 268 (2d Cir. 1976) .................................................................... 631, 691 Francisco Alonzo, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 594 (BIA 2015) ............................................ 297, 382 Franco-Casasola v. Holder, 773 F.3d 33 (5th Cir. 2014) .................................................. 256, 279 Franklin, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 867 (BIA 1994), aff’d, Franklin v. INS, 72 F.3d

571 (8th Cir. 1995) ....................................................................... 237, 307, 325, 703, 705, 820 Fregozo v. Holder, 576 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2009) ........................................................... 464, 465 Frentescu, Matter of, 18 I&N Dec. 244 (BIA 1982) ................................................ 529, 614, 615 Fualaau, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 475 (BIA 1996) ........................................................... 322, 324 Fueyo, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 84 (BIA 1989) ........................................................................ 666

G

G-, Matter of, 7 I&N Dec. 114 (BIA 1956) ...................................................................... 281, 311 Gabryelsky, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 750 (BIA 1993) ...................................................... 585, 644 Gaiskov v. Holder, 567 F.3d 832 (7th Cir. 2009) ............................................................. 344, 346 Galvan-Rodriguez; United States v., 169 F.3d 217 (5th Cir. 1999) ......................................... 387 Garcia v. Gonzales, 455 F.3d 465 (4th Cir. 2006) .................................................... 385, 386, 714 Garcia v. Holder, 638 F.3d 511 (6th Cir. 2011) ....................................................................... 354 Garcia v. Holder, 659 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 2011) ..................................................................... 619 Garcia v. Shanahan, 615 F. Supp. 2d 175 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) ..................................................... 182 Garcia v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 462 F.3d 287 (3d Cir. 2006) ........................................................... 354 Garcia; United States v., 606 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2011) ........................................................ 711 Garcia-Garcia, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 93 (BIA 2009) ................................................... 192, 203 Garcia-Garrocho, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 423 (BIA 1986) ..................................................... 529 Garcia-Hernandez v. Boente, 847 F.3d 869 (7th Cir. 2017) ..................................................... 467 Garcia-Jimenez v. Gonzales, 488 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2007) ........................................... 624, 645 Garcia-Jurado; United States v., 281 F. Supp. 2d 498 (E.D.N.Y. 2003) .................................. 124 Garcia-Madruga, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 436 (BIA 2008) ...................................................... 731 Garcia-Maldonado v. Gonzales, No. 05-60692 (5th Cir. June 29, 2007) ................................. 324 Garcia-Padron v. Holder, 558 F.3d 196 (2d Cir. 2009) ............................................................ 639 Garcia-Quintero v. Gonzales, 455 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2006) .................................................. 619 Garza-Olivares, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 736 (BIA 2016) ........................................................ 398 Gattem v. Gonzales, 412 F.3d 758 (7th Cir. 2005) ................................................... 346, 407, 441 G-D-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1132 (BIA 1999) ...................................................................... 673 Gelin v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 837 F.3d 1236 (11th Cir. 2016) ............................................... 276, 307 Gerbier v. Holmes, 280 F.3d 297 (3d Cir. 2002) ...................................................................... 364 Gertsenshteyn, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 111 (BIA 2007) ......................................... 244, 245, 405 Gertsenshteyn v. United States DOJ, 544 F.3d 137 (2d Cir. 2008) .......................................... 245



G-G-S-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 339 (BIA 2014) ................................................................... 616 Ghani & Anwer v. Holder, 557 F.3d 836 (7th Cir. 2009) ........................................................ 319 Giammario v. Hurney, 311 F.2d 285 (3d Cir. 1962) ................................................................. 90 Gill v. Ashcroft, 335 F.3d 574 (7th Cir. 2003) .................................................................. 68, 700 Gill v. INS, 420 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 2005) ................................................................... 308, 322, 324 Gill; United States v., 748 F.3d 491 (2d Cir. 2014) ................................................................. 643 Gittens v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 13-10946-c, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 26402 (11th Cir.

June 19, 2013) ...................................................................................................................... 657 G–K–, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 88 (BIA 2013) ............................................................... 736, 761 Godinez-Arroyo v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 848 (8th Cir. 2008) .................................................... 324 Gomez-Gutierrez v. Lynch, 811 F.3d 1053 (8th Cir. 2016) ............................................. 275, 276 Gonzales v. DHS, 508 F.3d 1227 (9th Cir. 2007) ............................................................ 126, 810 Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007) ................. 152, 153, 247, 248, 249, 273, 278,

....................................................... 310, 314, 329, 343, 392, 393, 417, 436, 437, 445, 507, 510 Gonzalez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 743 (BIA 2016) ........................................................ 311, 330 Gonzalez v. O’Connell, 355 F.3d 1010 (7th Cir. 2004) ........................................................... 223 Gonzalez-Gomez v. Achim, 441 F.3d 532 (7th Cir. 2006) ...................................................... 364 Gonzalez-Jaquez; United States v., 566 F.3d 1250 (10th Cir. 2009) ....................................... 386 Gonzalez-Longoria; United States v., 813 F.3d 225, reh’g en banc ordered, 815 F.3d

189 (5th Cir. 2016) .............................................................................................................. 383 Gordan v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 15-13846 (11th Cir. July 10, 2017) ....................................... 352 Gordon, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 52 (BIA 1989) ..................................................................... 315 Gordon v. Johnson, 991 F. Supp. 2d 258 (D. Mass. 2013) ...................................................... 178 Gordon v. Lynch, 842 F.3d 66 (1st Cir. 2016) ........................................................................ 178 Gradiz v. Gonzales, 490 F.3d 1206 (10th Cir. 2007) ................................................................. 63 Grageda v. INS, 12 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 1993) .......................................................................... 307 Graham v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 546 (6th Cir. 2008) ................................................................. 121 Grazley, Matter of, 14 I&N Dec. 330 (BIA 1973) .................... 312, 315, 336, 483, 485, 505, 703 Griffith; United States v., 455 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 2006) ...................................................... 462 Grisel; United States v., 488 F.3d 844 (9th Cir. 2007) .................................................... 271, 437 Groover v. State, 82 Fla. 427 (Fla. 1921) ........................................................................ 334, 484 Gruenangerl, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 351 (BIA 2010) ................................................... 397, 398 Grullon, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 12 (BIA 1989) ............................................................... 64, 698 G.S. v. Holder, No. 09-9526, 373 F. App’x 863 (10th Cir. Apr. 15, 2010) ............................. 123 G-T-, Matter of, 4 I&N Dec. 446 (BIA 1951) ......................................................................... 324 Guarino, United States ex rel. v. Uhl, 107 F.2d 399 (2d Cir. 1939) ................................ 436, 510 Gutnik v. Gonzales, 469 F.3d 683 (7th Cir. 2006) ................................................................... 612 Guzman-Martinez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 845 (BIA 2012) .......................................... 562, 685 Guzman-Polanco, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 713 (BIA 2016) ............................................ 296, 299 Guzman-Polanco, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 806 (BIA 2016) .................................................... 406

H

Hamdi; United States v., 432 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2005) ............................................................ 667 Hamilton v. Southland Christian Sch. Inc., 680 F.3d 1316 (11th Cir. 2012) ........................... 300 Hanif v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 694 F.3d 479 (3d Cir. 2012) ........................................................... 596 Hashmi, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 785 (BIA 2009) ................................................................... 587



Hayes; United States v., 555 U.S. 415 (2009) .................................................................. 247, 463 Henry v. ICE, 493 F.3d 303 (3d Cir. 2007) .............................................................................. 386 Hernandez, No. A074 043 821 (BIA Dec. 27, 2016) ............................................... 151, 337, 486 Hernandez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 397 (BIA 2014) ....................................................... 257, 326 Hernandez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 464 (BIA 2015) ............................................................... 322 Hernandez v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2005) ................................................................ 162 Hernandez v. State, 124 So. 3d 757 (Fla. 2012) ......................................................................... 94 Hernandez v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 513 F.3d 1336 (11th Cir. 2008) ............................................... 386 Hernandez-Avalos; United States v., 251 F.3d 505 (5th Cir. 2001) ......................................... 363 Hernandez-Casillas, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 262 (BIA 1990; AG 1991), aff’d, 983

F.2d 231 (5th Cir. 1993) ....................................................................................................... 631 Hernandez-Cruz v. Holder, 651 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir. 2011) .............................................. 316, 394 Hernandez de Anderson v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 927 (9th Cir. 2007) ........................................ 657 Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder, No. 11-70359, 778 F.3d 793, 2015 U.S. LEXIS

2328 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2015) ............................................................................... 257, 258, 326 Hernandez-Guadarrama v. Ashcroft, 394 F.3d 674 (9th Cir. 2005) ......................................... 468 Hernandez-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 329 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2003) ............................................ 330 Hernandez-Ponce, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 613 (BIA 1988) ............................................ 497, 498 Hernandez-Zavala v. Lynch, 806 F.3d 259 (4th Cir. 2015) .............................................. 247, 463 Herrera-Inirio v. INS, 208 F.3d 299 (1st Cir. 2000) ................................................................... 69 Herrera-Ramirez v. Sessions, 859 F.3d 486 (7th Cir. 2017) ..................................................... 537 Hoang Minh Ly v. Hansen, 351 F.3d 263 (6th Cir. 2003) ................................ 163, 166, 189, 223 Hosh v. Lucero, 680 F.3d 375 (4th Cir. 2012) ................................................................. 176, 177 Howard; United States v., 742 F.3d 1334 (11th Cir. 2014) .............................................. 283, 418 Hranka, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 491 (BIA 1978) ............................................................ 665, 667 Huang, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 749 (BIA 1988) ............................................................. 482, 487 Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States ex rel. Schumer, 520 U.S. 939 (1997) ........................... 674 Husic v. Holder, 776 F.3d 59 (2d Cir. 2015) ............................................................................ 596 Hussain v. Gonzales, 492 F. Supp. 2d 1024 (E.D. Wis. 2007) ................................................. 162 Hy v. Gillen, 588 F. Supp. 2d 122 (D. Mass. 2008) ................................................................. 182 Hyacinthe v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 215 F. App’x 856, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 1685, 2007

WL 186512 (11th Cir. 2007) ................................................................................................ 527

I

Ibarra v. Holder, 736 F.3d 903 (10th Cir. 2013) ....................................................................... 465 Ibarra-Galindo; United States v., 206 F.3d 1337 (9th Cir. 2000) ............................................. 364 Idy v. Holder, 674 F.3d 111 (1st Cir. 2012) ............................................................................. 308 Ignancio Munio; United States v., 909 F.2d 436 (11th Cir. 1990) ........................... 207, 233, 431 In re. See name of party INS v. See name of opposing party Introcaso, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 304 (BIA 2014) ................................................................. 576 Islam, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 637 (BIA 2011) ....................................................................... 526 Itani v. Ashcroft, 298 F.3d 1213 (11th Cir. 2002) ............................................................ 321, 713 Ivory; United States v., 475 F.3d 1232 (11th Cir. 2007) .......................................................... 386 Izaguirre, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 67 (BIA 2017) ............................................................ 479, 576



J

Jaggernauth v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 432 F.3d 1346 (11th Cir. 2005) .................... 394, 416, 418, 420, .............................................................................................................................. 421, 704, 728

Jaghoori v. Holder, 772 F.3d 764 (4th Cir. 2014) .................................................................... 621 James v. Mukasey, 522 F.3d 250 (2d Cir. 2008) ..................................................................... 344 James v. United States, 550 U.S. 192 (2007) ........................................................................... 382 Jean, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 373 (AG 2002) .................................................. 606, 607, 608, 610 Jean v. Gonzales, 452 F.3d 392 (5th Cir. 2006) ....................................................................... 609 Jean-Baptiste; United States v., 395 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2005) ............................................. 533 Jean-Louis v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 07-3311, 582 F.3d 462 (3d Cir. Oct. 6,

2009) ..................................................................................................... 153, 268, 271, 276, 437 Jean-Pierre v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 500 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2007) ................................................ 32 Jennings v. Rodriguez, 136 S. Ct. 2689 (2016) ............................................................... 161, 166 Jeudy v. Holder, 768 F.3d 595 (7th Cir. 2014) ........................................................................ 621 Jeune v. Candemeres, No. 13-22333-CIV-Altonaga/Simonton (S.D. Fla. Dec. 11,

2013) .................................................................................................................................... 189 Jeune v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 476 F.3d 199 (3d Cir. 2007) ................................................... 353, 354 J-H-J-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 563 (BIA 2015) .............................................. 415, 598, 813, 817 Jian Le Lin v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 681 F.3d 1236 (11th Cir. 2012) ..................................... 643, 671 Jimenez-Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 548 F.3d 557 (7th Cir. 2008) ................................................. 377 Jimenez-Santillano, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 567 (BIA 1996) .......... 330, 474, 566, 590, 591, 631 J-J-, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 976 (BIA 1997) ......................................................................... 673 Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974) ................................................................................. 29 Johnson v. State, 967 S.W.2d 848 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998) ..................................................... 267 Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133 (2010) ............... 240, 283, 296, 379, 380, 381, 388, 418,

............................................................................................................... 460, 461, 462, 502, 558 Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) .................... 296, 297, 298, 299, 382, 383, 388 Johnson; United States v., 399 F.3d 1297 (11th Cir. 2005) ..................................................... 386 Jones v. Cunningham, 371 U.S. 236 (1963) ............................................................................ 200 Jordan v. DeGeorge, 341 U.S. 223 (1951) ....................................................................... 318, 729 Joseph, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 1999) ..................... 171, 172, 173, 174, 209, 232, 452 Joseph v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 465 F.3d 123 (3d Cir. 2006) .......................................................... 389 Judulang v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 476 (2011) ............... 566, 590, 629, 638, 640, 641, 642, 691, 704 Juice v. Mukasey, 530 F.3d 30 (1st Cir. 2008) ........................................................................ 354 Julian; U.S. Dep’t of Justice v., 486 U.S. 1 (1985) .................................................................. 241 Jurado-Delgado, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 29 (BIA 2006), rev. den., Jurado-Delgado v. U.S. Att’y

Gen., No. 06-4495/07-1924, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 742 (3d Cir. Jan. 15, 2009) .................................................................................................................... 315, 319, 621

K

K-, Matter of, 2 I&N Dec. 90 (1944) ....................................................................................... 731 K-, Matter of, 7 I&N Dec. 594 (BIA 1957) ............................................................................. 104 K-, Matter of, 9 I&N Dec. 715 (BIA 1962) ............................................................. 107, 521, 522 Kamagate v. Ashcroft, 385 F.3d 144 (2d Cir. 2004) ............................................................... 816 Kamara v. v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 420 F.3d 202 (3d Cir. 2005) ...................................................... 32 Kaneda, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 677 (BIA 1977) ..................................................................... 77 Kanga, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1206 (BIA 2000) .................................... 122, 316, 589, 644, 720



Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S. Ct. 2072, 138 L. Ed. 2d 501 (1997) ..................... 157 Kawashima v. Holder, 565 U.S. 478 (2012) ............................................ 343, 399, 400, 421, 716 Kenyeres v. Ashcroft, 538 U.S. 1301 (2003) ........................................................................... 555 Kerry v. Din, 135 S. Ct. 2128 (2015) ......................................................................................... 30 Keungne v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 561 F.3d 1281 (11th Cir. 2009) .......... 322, 323, 333, 336, 482, 728 Khalayleh v. INS, 287 F.3d 978 (10th Cir. 2002) .................................................................... 695 Khalifah, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 107 (BIA 1995) .................................................................. 192 Kharana v. Gonzales, 487 F.3d 1280 (9th Cir. 2007) ............................................................... 402 Kholyavskiy v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 555 (7th Cir. 2008) .......................................................... 612 Khotesouvan v. Morones, 386 F.3d 1298 (9th Cir. 2004) ........................................................ 189 Khourn, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 1041 (BIA 1997) .................................................. 307, 330, 566 Khouzam v. Gonzales, 361 F.3d 161 (2d Cir. 2004) ................................................................ 721 Kim, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 912 (BIA 2017) ......................................................................... 381 Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972) .............................................................................. 28 Klementanovsky v. Gonzales, 501 F.3d 788 (7th Cir. 2007) ................................................... 603 Knapik v. Ashcroft, 384 F.3d 84 (3d Cir. 2004) ....................................................... 307, 309, 324 Knutsen v. Gonzales, 429 F.3d 733 (7th Cir. 2005) ................................................................. 401 Kochlani, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 128 (BIA 2007) ................................................................. 319 Koljenovic, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 219 (BIA 2010) .............................................................. 599 Koloamatangi, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 548 (BIA 2003) ................................................. 622, 623 Kotliar, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 124 (BIA 2007) ............................................. 179, 180, 181, 182 Kuhali v. Reno, 266 F.3d 93 (2d Cir. 2001) ............................................................. 389, 436, 437 Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759 (1988) ......................................................................... 533

L

Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244 (1944) .................................................................. 674 Lanferman, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 721 (BIA 2012) ............................................... 241, 260, 277 Langston v. State, 212 N.W.2d 113 (Wis. 1973) ...................................................................... 516 Lanier v. Attorney Gen, 631 F.3d 1363 (11th Cir. 2011) ................ 415, 596, 599, 683, 684, 685,

....................................................................................... 687, 688, 689, 691, 695, 696, 814, 817 Lara-Chacon v. Ashcroft, 345 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2003) ........................................................ 712 Larin-Ulloa v. Gonzales, 462 F.3d 456 (5th Cir. 2006) ............................................ 377, 378, 379 Lawrence v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 457 F. App’x 816 (11th Cir. 2012) ............................................. 83 Le v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 196 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 1999) ............................................................ 376 L–E–A–, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017) .................................................................... 746 League of United Latin Am. Citizens v. INS, 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12599 (C.D. Cal.

July 15, 1988), vacated sub nom. Reno v. Catholic Soc. Servs., Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993) ................................................................................................................................... 127

Leal, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2012), aff’d, 771 F.3d 1140 (9th Cir. 2014) .................................................................................................................... 275, 307, 309

Leal v. Holder, No. 2:14-cv-01187-MMD-VCF, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131366 (D. Nev. Sept. 29, 2015) ....................................................................................................... 607

Lee; United States v., 694 F.2d 649 (11th Cir. 1983) ............................................................... 669 Lekarczyk; United States v., 354 F. Supp. 2d 883 (W.D. Wis. 2005) ...................................... 533 Lemus-Losa v. Holder, 576 F.3d 752 (7th Cir. 2009) .............................................................. 525 Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1 (2004) ...... 29, 261, 299, 326, 343, 374, 375, 376, 377, 379, 388,

............................................................................... 406, 407, 460, 467, 558, 707, 711, 713, 718



Lepore; United States v., 304 F. Supp. 2d 183 (D. Mass. 2004) .............................................. 643 Leslie v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 678 F.3d 265 (3d Cir. 2012) ................................................... 165, 190 Lester; United States v., 785 F. Supp. 976 (S.D. Fla. 1991) ............................. 137, 138, 153, 154 Leyva Licea v. INS, 187 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 1999) ................................................................ 451 L-G-, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 89 (BIA 1995) .................................................. 359, 361, 362, 364 L-G-H-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 365 (BIA 2014) ............ 350, 351, 360, 487, 488, 490, 491, 492 Liao v. Rabbett, 398 F.3d 389 (6th Cir. 2005) ......................................................................... 362 Liberal de Araugo v. Ashcroft, 399 F.3d 84 (1st Cir. 2005) ...................................................... 81 Lihua Jiang v. Hillary Clinton, 08-CV-4477, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136584 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 23,

2011) ...................................................................................................................................... 30 Lin v. INS, 238 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2001) ......................................................................... 524, 531 Linnas, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 302 (BIA 1985) ...................................................................... 91 Liranzo; United States v., 944 F.2d 73 (2d Cir. 1991) ..................................................... 511, 513 Lockett United States v., 810 F.3d 1262 (11th Cir. 2016) ....................................... 144, 286, 502 Lopez v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 934 (8th Cir. 2005) .................................................................... 363 Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47 (2006) ........... 250, 290, 291, 343, 348, 349, 350, 359, 364, 365,

...................................................................................................................................... 369, 370 Lopez; United States v., 445 F.3d 90 (2d Cir. 2006) ............................................................... 643 Lopez-Meza, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1188 (BIA 1999) ................................................. 329, 330 Lora v. Shanahan, 804 F.3d 601 (2d Cir. 2015) ....................................... 163, 166, 178, 179, 223 Louisaire v. Muller, 758 F. Supp. 2d 229 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) ..................................................... 177 Louissaint, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 754 (BIA 2009) ........................................ 152, 317, 705, 707 Lovan v. Holder, 574 F.3d 990 (8th Cir. 2009) ....................................................... 616, 617, 673 Lowe; United States v., 143 F. Supp. 2d (S.D. W. Va. Nov. 28, 2000) ................................... 291 L-S-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 645 (BIA 1999) ................................................................ 537, 616 Lujan-Armendariz v. INS, 222 F.3d 728 (9th Cir. 2000) .............................................. 67, 68, 70 Luna; United States v., 436 F.3d 312 (1st Cir. 2006) .............................................................. 643 Luu-Le v. INS, 224 F.3d 911 (9th Cir. 2000) .................................................................. 452, 498 L-V-C-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 594 (BIA 1999) ........................................................... 305, 552 Lynch v. Dimaya, 137 S. Ct. 31 (2016) ................................................................................... 378

M

M-, Matter of, 2 I&N Dec. 721 (BIA, AG 1946) ............................................................. 317, 705 Madrane v. Hogan, No. Civ. Action 1:05-CV-2228, 2007 WL 404032 (M.D. Pa. Feb. 1, 2007)

.............................................................................................................................................. 163 Madrigal, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 323 (BIA 1996) ................................................................. 515 Madriz-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 321 (5th Cir. 2004) ..................................................... 69 Mahn v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 767 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2014) ........................................................... 276 Maldonado v. Macias, 150 F. Supp. 3d 788 (W.D. Tex. 2015) ............................................... 166 Maleng, King Cnty. Prosecuting Attorney v. Cook, 490 U.S. 488 (1989) .............................. 200 Malta, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 656 (BIA 2004) ...................................................................... 379 Malta-Espinoza v. Gonzales, 478 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2007) ................................................... 379 Marin, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 581 (BIA 1978) .............................................................. 799, 800 Marin-Navarette; United States v., 244 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. 2001) ........................................ 407 Marino, Matter of, 15 I&N Dec. 284 (BIA 1976) ...................................................................... 72 Marino v. INS, 537 F.2d 686 (2d Cir. 1976) ............................................................................. 72



Marin-Rodriguez v. Holder, 612 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2010) .............................................. 643, 671 Marmolejo-Campos v. Holder, 558 F.3d 903 (9th Cir. 2009) .................................. 327, 330, 479 Marrero v. United States, 743 F.3d 389 (3d Cir. 2014) ............................................................ 257 Marroquin-Garcia, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 705 (AG 2005, BIA 1997) .................................. 700 Martin, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 491 (BIA 2002) ..................................................................... 406 Martinez v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 532 (5th Cir. 2008) ........ 525, 595, 596, 599, 685, 688, 689, 691 Martinez v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2008) ......................................................... 354, 363 Martinez-Espinoza, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 118 (BIA 2009) .......................... 446, 451, 541, 592 Martinez-Mercado v. Holder, 492 F. App’x 890, 2012 WL 3055844, 2012 U.S. App.

LEXIS (10th Cir. July 27, 2012) .......................................................................................... 542 Martinez-Serrano, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 151 (BIA 2009) ............................................ 283, 468 Martinez-Zapata, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 424 (BIA 2007) ...................................................... 326 Marya v. Gonzales, 147 F. App’x 336, 2005 U.S. LEXIS 16841, 2005 WL 1926376

(4th Cir. 2005) ........................................................................................................................ 82 Mata-Guerrero v. Holder, 627 F.3d 256 (7th Cir. 2010) .................................................. 269, 327 Mathews v. Diaz, 426 U.S. 67 (1976) ........................................................................................ 29 Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) .............................................................................. 187 Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) ............. 144, 237, 238, 253, 254, 255, 256, 263,

............................................................................................................................... 264, 333, 384 Matter of. See name of party M-B-C-, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 31 (BIA 2017) ..................................................................... 582 McMahon; United States v., No. 12-20120-01-JWL, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144425

(D. Kan. Oct. 16, 2016) ........................................................................................................ 378 McMullen, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 90 (BIA 1984), aff’d, 788 F.2d 591 (9th Cir. 1986) ........ 531 McMurray; United States v., 653 F.3d 367 (6th Cir. 2011) ...................................................... 711 McNaughton, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 569 (BIA 1978) ..................................................... 90, 311 McNeil v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 238 F. App’x 878, 2007 WL 2412165, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 20582

(3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2007) ........................................................................................................ 537 Medina, Matter of, 15 I&N Dec. 611 (BIA 1976) .................................... 307, 309, 322, 323, 821 Medina-Lopez, Matter of, 10 I&N Dec. 7 (BIA 1962) ............................................................. 522 Medina-Rosales v. Holder, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 2734, 2015 WL 756345 (10th Cir.

2015) .................................................................................................................................... 596 Medina-Villa; United States v., 567 F.3d 507 (9th Cir. 2009) ......................................... 346, 361 Mejia v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 2007) ............................................................. 607, 609 Mellouli v. Holder, 719 F.3d 995 (8th Cir.), cert. granted, 134 S. Ct. 2873 (2014) ................. 357 Mellouli v. Lynch, 135 S. Ct. 1980 (2015) ...................... 153, 273, 274, 276, 284, 285, 286, 357,

............................................................................................................... 358, 446, 453, 502, 715 Mena, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 38 (BIA 1979) ................................................................... 65, 310 Mendez, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 296 (BIA 1996) ................................................................... 816 Mendez v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 345 (2d Cir. 2008) ........................................................... 315, 316 Mendez-Orellana, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 254 (BIA 2010) .................................................... 457 Mendoza-Lopez; United States v., 481 U.S. 828 (1987) .................................................. 124, 669 Mendoza-Mata; United States v., 322 F.3d 829 (5th Cir. 2003) .............................................. 643 Menichino; United States v., 103 Fed. Appx. 884 (6th Cir. 2004) ........................................... 432 Mercado v. Lynch, 823 F.3d 276 (5th Cir. 2016) ............................................................. 276, 305 Merlos v. INS, 203 F. App’x 863, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27247, 2006 WL 3147422

(9th Cir. 2006) ...................................................................................................................... 555



M-H-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 46 (BIA 2012) ................................................................ 529, 680 Michel, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 1101 (BIA 1998) .......................................................... 122, 589 Mielewczyk v. Holder, 575 F.3d 992 (9th Cir. 2009) .............................................................. 451 Mizrahi v. Gonzales, 492 F.3d 156 (2d Cir. 2007) .......................................................... 451, 511 Mohammed v. Ashcroft, 261 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2001) ....................................................... 637 Moncada, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 62 (BIA 2007) .......................................................... 447, 541 Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. __, 133 S. Ct. 1678 (2013) ............ 144, 249, 250, 251, 262, 272,

............... 273, 274, 275, 277, 283, 284, 290, 291, 292, 300, 311, 343, 349, 353, 356, 417, 420, ........................ 422, 436, 437, 438, 445, 447, 450, 465, 491, 502, 503, 505, 507, 510, 511, 512

Moncrieffe v. Holder, 662 F.3d 387 (5th Cir. 2011) ....................................................... 354, 355 Montes-Flores; United States v., 736 F.3d 357 (4th Cir. 2013) ............................................... 385 Montgomery v. State, 897 So. 2d 1282 (Fla. 2005) ................................................................. 154 Montoya-Silva, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 123 (BIA 2013) ....................................................... 618 Moore v. Ashcroft, 251 F.3d 919 (11th Cir. 2001) .................................................. 396, 427, 704 Moosa v. INS, 171 F.3d 994 (5th Cir. 1999) ............................................................................. 62 Morales-Santana v. Lynch, 804 F.3d 521 (2d Cir. 2015) ........................................................ 653 Mugalli v. Ashcroft, 258 F.3d 52 (2d Cir. 2001) ..................................................................... 346 Munoz; United States v., 430 F.3d 1357 (11th Cir. 2005) ....................................................... 449 Munoz-Yepez v. Gonzales, 465 F.3d 347 (8th Cir. 2006) ....................................................... 624 M-W-, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 748 (BIA 2012) ..................................................................... 344 Myers v. McCormick, 112 F. App’x 149, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21306, 2004 WL

2296506 (3d Cir. 2004) .................................................................................................... 82, 83

N

Nadarajah v. Gonzales, 443 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2006) ........................................................... 174 N-A-M-, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 336 (BIA 2007) ........................................... 530, 536, 537, 616 Nanje v. Chavez, 836 F.3d 131 (1st Cir. 2016) ....................................................................... 404 Nath v. Gonzales, 467 F.3d 1185 (9th Cir. Ariz. 2006) ............................................................. 77 National Cable & Telecomm. Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Servs., 545 U.S. 967

(2005) ............................................................................................................................ 29, 271 Navarro-Coyazo; United States v., 108 F. App’x 490, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 18530,

2004 WL 1923588 (9th Cir. Wash. 2004) ........................................................................... 360 Navarro-Lopez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2007) (en banc) ............................ 251, 321 Negrete-Ramirez v. Holder, 741 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2014) .................................................... 596 Negrete-Rodriguez v. Mukasey, 518 F.3d 497 (7th Cir. 2008) ............................................... 548 Nethagani v. Mukasey, 532 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. 2008) ............................................... 538, 614, 616 Nicanor-Romero v. Mukasey, 523 F.3d 992 (9th Cir. 2008) ........................................... 307, 329 Nieto Baquera v. Longshore, No. 13-cv-00543 (D.C. June 6, 2013) ....................................... 176 Nijhawan v. Holder, 557 U.S. 29 (2009) ................. 206, 232, 245, 246, 251, 278, 343, 401, 402,

....................................................... 403, 404, 405, 416, 421, 422, 423, 427, 430, 464, 694, 710 Noble, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 672 (BIA 1997) .............................................................. 183, 234 Nolan, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 539 (BIA 1988) ........................................................................ 73 Notash v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 693 (9th Cir. 2005) ........................................... 311, 318, 319, 320 Nugent v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 162 (3d Cir. 2004) .................................................................... 315 Nunez-Reyes v. Holder, 646 F.3d 684 (9th Cir. 2011) .................................................. 67, 70, 73



O

Obasohan v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 479 F.3d 785 (11th Cir. 2007) ......... 207, 208, 209, 232, 233, 403, ....................................................................................................................... 424, 431, 432, 710

Obeya, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 856 (BIA 2016) ............. 150, 151, 156, 311, 312, 313, 336, 337, ....................................................................................................................................... 485, 486

Ocampo, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1301 (BIA 2000) ................................................................ 648 O’Cealleagh, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 976 (BIA 2006) ............................................ 523, 524, 530 Okabe v. INS, 671 F.2d 863 (5th Cir. 1982) ............................................................................ 322 Olatunnji v. Ashcroft, 387 F.3d (4th Cir. 2004) ....................................................................... 674 Olmos v. Holder, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 4778 (10th Cir. Mar. 24, 2015) ...................... 176, 177 Olquin-Rufino, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 896 (BIA 2006) ......................................................... 329 Olson v. Hart, 965 F.2d 940 (10th Cir. 1993) .......................................................................... 200 Omagah v. Ashcroft, 288 F.3d 254 (5th Cir. 2002) .......................................................... 567, 569 Omar v. Lynch, 814 F.3d 565 (1st Cir. 2016) .......................................................................... 642 Omargharib v. Holder, 775 F.3d 192 (4th Cir. 2014) ............................................................... 258 Omari v. Gonzales, 419 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2005) .................................................................... 717 Onyido, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 552 (BIA 1999) .................................................................... 408 Oouch v. Department of Homeland Sec., 633 F.3d 119 (2d Cir. 2010) ................................... 345 Ortega-Cabrera, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 793 (BIA 2005) ....................................................... 469 Ortega-Lopez, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 99 (BIA 2013) ............................................................ 305 Oyebanji v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 260 (3d Cir. 2005) ......................................................... 386, 711 Ozkok, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 546 (BIA 1988) ........................................... 62, 63, 66, 318, 703

P

P, Matter of, 3 I&N Dec. 5 (BIA 1947) .................................................................................... 323 Pacheco-Ventura, Matter of, No. A44 801 843, 2003 BIA LEXIS 14, 2003 WL 23508549 (BIA

Dec. 29, 2003) .......................................................................................................... 79, 80, 452 Padilla v. Gonzales, 397 F.3d 1016 (7th Cir. 2005), subsequent petition for review

dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, 470 F.3d 1209 (7th Cir. 2006) ........... 320, 321, 328, 821 Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010) ................................................ 85, 86, 94, 95, 534, 697 Padilla-Reyes; United States v., 247 F.3d 1158 (11th Cir. 2001) ............................................. 345 Paek, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 403 (BIA 2014) ........................................................................ 598 Palacios-Suarez; United States v., 418 F.3d 692 (6th Cir. 2005) ............................................. 364 Palermo v. Smith, 17 F.2d 534 (2d Cir. 1975) ........................................................................... 72 Pallares-Galan; United States v., 359 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2004) ............................................. 716 Papazoglou v. Holder, 725 F.3d 790 (7th Cir. 2013) ............................................................... 596 Paredes-Urrestarazu v. INS, 36 F.3d 801 (9th Cir. 1994) .......................................................... 64 Parodi, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 608 (BIA 1980) .............................................................. 585, 602 Partyka v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 417 F.3d 408 (3d Cir. 2005) ................................. 243, 309, 325, 354 Pascua v. Holder, 641 F.3d 316 (9th Cir. 2011) ....................................................................... 639 Patel, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 368 (BIA 1991) ........................................................................ 685 Patel v. Ashcroft, 294 F.3d 465 (3d Cir. 2002) ........................................................................ 563 Patel v. Ashcroft, 401 F.3d 400 (6th Cir. 2005) ....................................................................... 387 Patel v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 334 F.3d 1259 (11th Cir. 2003) .................................................. 78, 710 Paul v. Bragg, No. EP-10-CV-470-KC (W.D. Tex. Aug. 1, 2011) .......................................... 201 Paulus, Matter of, 11 I&N Dec. 274 (BIA 1965) ............................................................. 273, 357



Pazzanese; United States v., 982 F.2d 251 (8th Cir. 1992) ...................................................... 511 Penuliar v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1037 (9th Cir. 2005) ....................................................... 249, 385 Peralta-Taveras v. Gonzales, 488 F.3d 580 (2d Cir. 2007) .............................................. 624, 645 Perez, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 689 (BIA 1999) ...................................................................... 619 Perez, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1325 (BIA 2000) .................................................................... 342 Perez-Calo v. United States, 757 F. Supp. 1 (D.C. P.R. 1991) ................................................ 201 Perez-Contreras, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 615 (BIA 1992) ...................................... 310, 322, 705 Perez-Gonzalez v. Ashcroft, 379 F.3d 783 (9th Cir. 2004) ..................................................... 126 Perez-Munoz v. Keisler, 507 F.3d 357 (5th Cir. 2007) ........................................................... 386 Perez-Pimentel v. Mukasey, 530 F.3d 321 (5th Cir. 2008) .............................................. 607, 609 Perez Santana v. Holder, 731 F.3d 50 (1st Cir. 2013) ............................................................... 85 Perriello v. Napolitano, 579 F.3d 135 (2d Cir. 2009) .............................................................. 657 Peters v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 302 (5th Cir. 2004) ..................................................................... 451 Phan v. Holder, 667 F.3d 448 (4th Cir. 2012) ........................................................................... 84 Phong Nguyen Tran, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 291 (BIA 1996) ........................ 305, 325, 467, 557 Pichardo, Matter of, 31 I&N Dec. 330 (BIA 1996) ................................................................. 515 Pickering, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 621 (BIA 2003), rev’d, Pickering v. Gonzales,

465 F.3d 263 (6th Cir. 2006) .................................. 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 499, 820 Pino v. Landon, 349 U.S. 901 (1955) ........................................................................................ 62 Pinzon, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 189 (BIA 2013) ............................................................ 319, 475 Pittman; United States v., 441 F.2d 1098 (9th Cir. 1971) ........................................................ 312 Plasencia-Ayala v. Mukasey, 516 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2008) ............................................ 327, 479 Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) ........................................................................................... 28 Pola v. United States, 778 F.3d 525 (6th Cir. 2015) .................................................................. 85 Ponnapula v. Ashcroft, 373 F.3d 480 (3d Cir. 2004) ............................................................... 674 Popal v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 249 (3d Cir. 2005) ...................................................................... 385 Pornes Garcia; United States v., 171 F.3d 142 (2d Cir. 1999) ................................................. 364 Portela; United States v., 469 F.3d 496 (6th Cir. 2006) ........................................................... 385 Poveda v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 692 F.3d 1168 (11th Cir. 2012) ............................................ 603, 604 Preap v. Johnson, 831 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 2016) ............................................................ 178, 179 Prestol Espinal v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 653 F.3d 213 (3d Cir. 2011) ..................................... 643, 671 Pretka v. Kolter City Plaza II, Inc., 608 F.3d 744 (11th Cir. 2010) ......................................... 136 Prieto-Romero v. Clark, 534 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2008) .......................................................... 190 Prudencio v. Holder, 669 F.3d 472 (4th Cir. 2012) ......................................................... 268, 276 Pruidze v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 632 F.3d 234 (6th Cir. 2011) ............................................... 643, 671 Puente-Salazar, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1006 (BIA 1999) ..................................................... 376 Pula, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 467 (BIA 1987) ........................................................................ 570 Punu, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 224 (BIA 1998) ................................................... 62, 63, 699, 726

Q

Quee de Cunningham v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 335 F.3d 1262 (11th Cir. 2003) ............................. 596 Quezada-Bucio v. Ridge, 317 F. Supp. 2d 1221 (W.D. Wash. 2004) ...................................... 176 Quilantan, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 285 (BIA 2010) ................................................................ 685 Quintana-Esquivel v. Sessions, 198 L. Ed. 22 (2017) ............................................................. 243 Quintero-Salazar v. Keisler, 506 F.3d 688 (9th Cir. 2007) ...................................................... 328



R

R-, Matter of, 2 I&N Dec. 819 (BIA 1947) .............................................................................. 336 Rafipour, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 470 (BIA 1978) .................................................................. 587 Rainford, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 598 (BIA 1992) .................. 122, 316, 583, 584, 589, 590, 644 Ramirez v. Ashcroft, 361 F. Supp. 2d 650 (S.D. Tex. 2005) .................................................... 312 Ramirez-Garcia; United States v., 646 F.3d 778 (11th Cir. 2011) ........................................... 345 Ramirez-Rivero, Matter of, 18 I&N Dec. 135 (BIA 1981) .................................................. 86, 90 Ramirez-Vargas, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 599 (BIA 2008) ...................................................... 618 Ramos, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 336 (BIA 2002) ..................................................................... 376 Ramos v. Holder, 546 F. App’x 705, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23954, 2013 WL

6224635 (9th Cir. 2013) ................................................................................................. 59, 371 Ramos v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 709 F.3d 1066 (11th Cir. 2013) ............ 146, 153, 271, 286, 394, 416,

....................................................................................................................................... 437, 507 Recio-Prado v. Gonzales, 456 F.3d 819 (8th Cir. 2006) .......................................................... 324 [redacted], Matter of, 2012 Immig. Rptr. LEXIS 13922, Newark N.J. (AAO Aug. 6,

2012) ................................................................................................................................ 61, 99 Rede-Mendez; United States v., 680 F.3d 552 (6th Cir. 2012) ................................................ 387 Reid v. Donelan, 819 F.3d 486 (1st Cir. 2006) ................................................................. 166, 223 Rendon v. Holder, 764 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2014) .................................................................... 258 Reno v. Catholic Soc. Servs., Inc. See Catholic Soc. Servs., Inc. v. Meese Renteria-Gonzalez v. INS, 310 F.3d 825 (5th Cir. 2002), reh’g en banc denied,

322 F.3d 804 (5th Cir. 2003) ............................................................................................ 57, 81 Renteria-Morales v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 1076 (9th Cir. 2008) ................................................. 399 Resendiz-Alcaraz v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 1262 (11th Cir. 2004) ................................................. 69 Restrepo v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 617 F.3d 787 (3d Cir. 2010) ....................................................... 344 Restrepo-Aguilar; United States v., 74 F.3d 361 (1st Cir. 1996) .............................................. 363 Retuta v. Holder, 591 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2010) ........................................................................ 64 Reyes-Torres v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2011) ............................................................. 84 Reza-Murillo, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 296 (BIA 2010) ........................................................... 619 Richards v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 05-1305, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 20267 (3d Cir. 2005) ........ 69 Richardson, Matter of, 1999 Immig. Rptr. LEXIS 844 (BIA Krome May 5, 1999) ................. 353 Richardson v. U.S., 526 U.S. 813 (1999) ................................................................................. 505 Rivas, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 130 (BIA 2013) ............................................................... 602, 603 Rivas v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 765 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2013) ....................................................... 604 Rivas-Gomez v. Gonzales, 225 F. App’x 680, U.S. App. LEXIS 7269, 2007 WL

851768 (9th Cir. 2007) ......................................................................................................... 608 Rivens, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 623 (BIA 2011) .................... 114, 135, 143, 145, 150, 152, 154,

....................................................................................................................................... 310, 333 Rivera v. Lynch, 816 F.3d 1064 (9th Cir. 2016) .............................................................. 306, 320 Rivera-Valencia, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 484 (BIA 2008) .................................. 59, 61, 103, 104 Robles-Rodriguez; United States v., 281 F.3d 900 (9th Cir. 2002) .......................................... 407 Robles-Urrea, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 22 (BIA 2006) ............................................. 321, 620, 713 Robles-Urrea v. Holder, 678 F.3d 702 (9th Cir. 2012) ..................................................... 321, 322 Robleto-Pastora v. Holder, 567 F.3d 437 (9th Cir. 2009) ........................................................ 612 Rodriguez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 784 (BIA 2012) ............................................................... 695 Rodriguez v. Robbins, 715 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir. 2013) ............................................. 157, 162, 165



Rodriguez v. Robbins, 804 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed sub. nom. Jennings v. Rodriguez, 84 U.S.L.W. 3562 (U.S. Mar. 25, 2016) ............................................... 166, 223

Rodriguez-Carrillo, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1031 (BIA 1999) ............................................... 395 Rodriguez-Heredia v. Holder, 639 F.3d 1264 (10th Cir. 2011) ............................................... 275 Rodriguez-Munoz v. Gonzales, 419 F.3d 245 (3d Cir. 2005) .................................................. 645 Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 991 (BIA 1999) ..................................... 344, 345 Rodriguez-Ruiz, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1378 (BIA 2000) ...................................................... 74 Rojas, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 117 (BIA 2001) .............................................................. 175, 176 Rojas v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 728 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2013) ................................................... 357, 445 Roldan, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 512 (BIA 1999) ................................... 65, 66, 67, 107, 698, 700 Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ............................................................................. 88, 89 Rosales-Bruno; United States v., 789 F.3d 1249 (11th Cir. 2015) .......................................... 145 Rosenberg v. Fleuti, 374 U.S. 449 (1963) ................................................ 111, 112, 113, 118, 690 Rotimi, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 567 (BIA 2008) .................................................... 601, 732, 733 Rotimi v. Holder, 577 F.3d 133 (2d Cir. 2009) ....................................................................... 601 Rudinsky; United States v., 439 F.2d 1074 (6th Cir. 1971) ..................................................... 201 Ruiz-Lopez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 551 (BIA 2011), aff’d, 682 F.3d 513 (6th Cir.

2012) .................................................................................................................... 308, 309, 324 Ruiz-Vidal v. Gonzales, 473 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2007) .......................................................... 357 Rumierz v. Gonzales, 456 F.3d 31 (1st Cir. 2006) .................................................................... 78

S

Saavedra-Figueroa v. Holder, 625 F.3d 621 (9th Cir. 2010) ................................................... 145 St. Cyr; INS v., 533 U.S. 289 (2001) ....................... 162, 628, 629, 632, 633, 636, 637, 638, 641,

...................................................................................................................................... 642, 670 Salazar-Regino, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 223 (BIA 2002) ........................................... 63, 70, 699 Saleh v. Gonzales, 495 F.3d 17 (2d Cir. 2007) .......................................................................... 81 Salomon-Bajxac v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 558 F. App’x 160 (3d Cir. 2014) ................................... 325 Salvail, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 19 (BIA 1979) ...................................................................... 731 Samuels v. Chertoff, 550 F.3d 252 (2d Cir. 2008) ........................................................... 607, 609 Sanchez, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 218 (BIA 1980) .................................................................. 604 Sanchez v. Holder, 757 F.3d 712, 2014 WL 3329186 (7th Cir. 2014) ............................ 265, 269 Sanchez-Cornejo, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 273 (BIA 2010) ............................................ 350, 454 Sanchez Fajardo v. Holder, 659 F.3d 1303 (11th Cir. 2011) ............ 144, 145, 268, 300, 728, 729 Sanchez Fajardo, No. A077 675 707 (BIA June 27, 2014) .............................................. 144, 145 Sanchez-Linn, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 362 (BIA 1991) ......................................................... 323 Sanchez-Sosa, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 807 (BIA 2012) ................................................. 761, 762 Sandoval v. INS, 240 F.3d 577 (7th Cir. 2001) ......................................................................... 76 Sandoval v. Yates, 847 F.3d 697 (9th Cir. 2017) ..................................................................... 712 Santacruz; United States v., 563 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2009) ...................................................... 329 Santapaola v. Ashcroft, 249 F. Supp. 2d 181 (D. Conn. 2003) ................................................ 407 Santos-Lopez, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 419 (BIA 2002) ................................................. 362, 364 Sanudo, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 968 (BIA 2006) .................................... 243, 322, 461, 557, 558 Sanusi v. Gonzales, 474 F.3d 341 (6th Cir. 2007) ............................................................... 80, 81 Sauceda v. Lynch, 819 F.3d 526 (1st Cir. 2016) ............................................................. 581, 582 Saysana, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 602 (BIA 2008) .................................................................. 181



Saysana v. Gillen, 590 F.3d 7 (1st Cir. 2009) .......................................................................... 182 S-B-, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 42 (BIA 2006) .......................................................................... 694 Scarlett v. ICE, 632 F. Supp. 2d 214 (W.D.N.Y. 2009) ........................................................... 175 Scarpulla, Matter of, 15 I&N Dec. 139 (BIA 1974) ........................................................... 90, 311 Schad v. Arizona, 501 U.S. 624 (1991) ............................................................................ 335, 484 Scheerer v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 513 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2008) .................................................. 587 Seale v. INS, 323 F.3d 150 (1st Cir. 2003) .............................................................................. 637 Sejas, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 236 (BIA 2007) ........................................................................ 324 Serna, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 579 (BIA 1992) .............. 281, 306, 336, 482, 483, 486, 566, 703,

....................................................................................................................................... 728, 816 Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 198 L. Ed. 2d 150 (2017) ................... 3, 653, 654 Shaikh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 16-15160, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8936 (11th Cir.

May 23, 2017) ...................................................................................................................... 467 Shanu, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 754 (BIA 2005) ...................................................................... 525 Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005) .................................. 240, 279, 284, 310, 418, 502 Short, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 136 (BIA 1989) ....................................... 237, 253, 306, 322, 705 Sierra, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 288 (BIA 2014) ...................................................... 731, 732, 734 S-I-K-, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 324 (BIA 2007) .............................................................. 402, 408 Silva, Matter of, 16 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 1976) ................................................................ 631, 691 Silva-Trevino, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 687 (AG 2008), vacated, 26 I&N Dec. 550 (AG 2015)

............................... 152, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 278, 281, 309, 311, 314, 316, 317, ....................................................................................................................................... 328, 557

Silva-Trevino, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 826 (BIA 2016) ......... 143, 145, 146, 150, 270, 271, 275, ....................................................................................... 276, 304, 305, 307, 308, 333, 337, 485

Simon; United States v., 168 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 1999) ........................................................ 363 Simpson; United States v., 319 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2002) ............................................................ 363 Singh, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 670 (BIA 2012) ............................................................... 379, 386 Singh v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 144 (3d Cir. 2004) ....................................................................... 716 Singh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 561 F.3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2009) ......................................................... 87 Singh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 677 F.3d 503 (3d Cir. 2012) ............................................ 401, 402, 403 Singh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 839 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 2016) ............................................................ 274 Sinks; State v., 483 N.W.2d 286 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992) ............................................................ 516 Small, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 448 (BIA 2002) ....................................................................... 407 Smalley v. Ashcroft, 354 F.3d 332 (5th Cir. 2003) .................................................................. 552 Smith, Matter of, 11 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 1965) ...................................................................... 114 Smriko, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 836 (BIA 2005) .................................................................... 611 Soetarto v. INS, 516 F.2d 778 (7th Cir. 1975) ........................................................................... 90 Solis-Chavez v. Holder, 662 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2011) ............................................................. 657 Song, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2001) .................................................................. 86, 709 Sopo v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 825 F.3d 1129 (11th Cir. 2016) ....... 162, 164, 212, 213, 214, 222, 223,

............................................................................................................................... 224, 225, 226 Soram, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 378 (BIA 2010) ...................................................................... 465 Soriano, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 516 (BIA 1996, AG 1997) ........................................... 632, 633 Spaho v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 837 F.3d 1172 (11th Cir. 2016) .............................................. 351, 352 Spano v. Hoffman, No. 08-60238-CIV-Marra/Johnson, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44251

(S.D. Fla. May 28, 2008) ...................................................................................................... 201 Spell, United States v., 44 F.3d 936 (11th Cir. 1995) ............................................................... 238



Standard Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases (97-2), 723 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 1998) ............... 144, 145 Stanovsek v. Holder, 768 F.3d 515 (6th Cir. 2014) ................................................................. 596 Stanton v. Stanton, 421 U.S. 7 (1975) ....................................................................................... 29 Stasinski, Matter of, 11 I&N Dec. 202 (BIA 1965) ................................................................. 703 State v. See name of opposing party Stephens v. State, 444 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) ........................................... 151, 337, 486 Stevic; INS v., 467 U.S. 407 (1984) ........................................................................................ 614 Storey v. State, 133 So. 3d 528 (Fla. 2014) ............................................................................. 710 Strelchikov v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 242 F. App’x 789, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 14321

(3d Cir. 2007) ...................................................................................................................... 386 Strydom, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 507 (BIA 2011) .................................................................. 466 Suh, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 2003) ........................................................................... 71 Sutherland v. Shanahan, 108 F. Supp. 3d 172 (S.D. N.Y. 2015) ............................................. 180 Swaby v. Yates, 847 F.3d 62 (1st Cir. 2017) ............................................ 256, 264, 274, 276, 358 Syblis v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 763 F.3d 348 (3d Cir. 2014) ................................................... 358, 445 Sylvain v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 714 F.3d 150 (3d Cir. 2013) ........................................................ 176 Szalai v. Holder, 572 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2009) ........................................................................ 466

T

Tang v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 578 F.3d 1270 (11th Cir. 2009) ....................................................... 695 Tapia-Garcia v. INS, 237 F.3d 1216 (10th Cir. 2001) ............................................................... 33 Tavarez-Peralta, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 171 (BIA 2013) .............................................. 477, 478 Taveras, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 834 (BIA 2012) ........................................................... 685, 689 Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575 (1990) ........... 238, 239, 241, 242, 254, 277, 342, 394, 417 Teixeira, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 316 (BIA 1996) .......................................................... 310, 515 Tejwani, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 97 (BIA 2007) ............................................. 319, 552, 553, 729 Tenesaca Delgado v. Mukasey, 516 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2008) .................................................... 810 Thomas, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 1995) ...................................................................... 62 Thompson; United States v., 756 F. Supp. 1492 (N.D. Fla. 1991) .......................... 137, 153, 154 Tibke v. INS, 335 F.2d 42 (2d Cir. 1964) ................................................................................ 585 Tijani v. Willis, 430 F.3d 1241 (9th Cir. 2005) ............................................................... 163, 189 Tima, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 839 (BIA 2016) ............................................................... 603, 605 Tin, Matter of, 14 I&N Dec. 371 (RC 1973) ........................................................................... 812 Titties; United States v., 852 F.3d 1257 (10th Cir. 2017) ........................................................ 255 Tiwari, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 875 (BIA 1989), reconsideration denied, 20 I&N

Dec. 254 (BIA 1991) .................................................................................... 305, 330, 468, 591 Tobar-Lobo, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 143 (BIA 2007) ..................................... 305, 326, 327, 479 Togbah v. Ashcroft, 104 F. App’x 788, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 14149, 2004 WL

1530494 (3d Cir. 2004) ........................................................................................................ 608 Tokatly v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 613 (9th Cir. 2004) .................................................................. 463 Torres v. Holder, 764 F.3d 152 (2d Cir. 2014) ................................................................ 392, 548 Torres v. Lynch, 136 S. Ct. 1619 (2016) ................................................................. 391, 392, 549 Torres; United States v., 383 F.3d 92 (3d Cir. 2004) ............................................................... 643 Torres-Garcia, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 866 (BIA 2006) ................................................. 128, 810 Torres-Varela, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 78 (BIA 2001) .................................... 326, 329, 589, 706 Torres-Villalobos; United States v., 487 F.3d 607 (8th Cir. 2007) .................................. 376, 385



Totimeh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 666 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012) ................................................ 327, 479 Touhy, United States ex rel. v. Ragen, 340 U.S. 462 (1951) .................................................... 747 Tran v. Gonzales, 414 F.3d 464 (3d Cir. 2005) ........................................................................ 386 Trent; United States v., 767 F.3d 1046 (10th Cir. 2014) .......................... 254, 263, 277, 278, 300 Treto-Martinez; United States v., 421 F.3d 1156 (10th Cir. 2005) ........................................... 378 Trevino v. Holder, 742 F.3d 197 (5th Cir. 2014) ..................................................................... 268 Trinidad-Aquino; United States v., 259 F.3d 1140 (9th Cir. 2001) .......................................... 376 Truong, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1090 (BIA 1999) .................................................................. 637 Turou, In re, 2013 WL 5872157 (BIA Oct. 4, 2013) ................................................................ 271

U

Uluocha, Matter of, 20 I&N Dec. 133 (BIA 1989) .................................................................. 169 United States v. See name of opposing party United States ex rel. See name of related party Uribe v. Sessions, 855 F.3d 622 (4th Cir. 2017) ...................................................................... 317 Uritsky v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 728 (6th Cir. 2005) .............................................................. 63, 87 Uritzky v. Ridge, 286 F. Supp. 2d 842 (E.D. Mich. 2003) ....................................................... 184 U.S. Dep’t of Justice v. See name of opposing party U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd. v. Fritz, 449 U.S. 166 (1980) ..................................................................... 137

V

Valansi v. Ashcroft, 278 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2002) ............................................ 396, 427, 704, 717 Valenzuela-Gallardo, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 838 (2012) ....................................................... 398 Valiente-Castaneda, Matter of, No. A29 203 237 2005 BIA LEXIS 25, 2006 WL

448266 (BIA Jan. 23, 2006) ................................................................................................. 469 Valles-Perez, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 769 (BIA 1997) ............................................................ 169 Vargas v. DHS, 451 F.3d 1105 (10th Cir. 2006) ...................................................................... 345 Vargas-Duran; United States v., 319 F.3d 194 (5th Cir. 2003) ................................................ 376 Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. 257 (2012) .......................... 113, 118, 621, 638, 673, 674, 675, 678 Vasquez-Muniz, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 207 (BIA 2002) ............................................... 391, 547 Vasquez-Velezmoro v. INS, 281 F.3d 693 (8th Cir. 2002) ...................................................... 700 Veal; United States v., 453 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2006) ........................................................ 455, 459 Velasquez, Matter of, 25 I&N Dec. 278 (BIA 2010) ............................................................... 558 Velazquez-Herrera v. Holder, 24 I&N Dec. 503 (BIA 2008) ........................................... 464, 728 V-F-D-, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 859 (BIA 2006) .................................................................... 346 Villatoro v. Holder, 760 F.3d 872 (8th Cir. 2014) .................................................................... 275 Villegas-Hernandez; United States v., 468 F.3d 874 (5th Cir. 2006) ....................................... 385 Vivas-Ceja; United States v., 808 F.3d 719 (7th Cir. 2015) ..................................................... 383 Vo v. Gonzales, 482 F.3d 363 (5th Cir. 2007) ......................................................................... 704 Von Don Nguyen v. Holder, 571 F.3d 524 (6th Cir. 2009) .............................................. 387, 388 Vuksanovic v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 439 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2006) ............................................. 324 V-X-, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 147 (BIA 2013) ........................................................................ 700 V-Z-S-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1338 (BIA 2000) .................. 310, 312, 314, 315, 393, 418, 703

W

Wadja v. Holder, 727 F.3d 457 (6th Cir. 2013) ........................................................................ 344



Wadud, Matter of, 19 I&N Dec. 182 (BIA 1984) .................................................... 474, 566, 631 Wala v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 102 (2d Cir. 2007) .............................................................. 315, 317 Waldron v. Holder, No. 11-1981, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 16277 (8th Cir. Aug. 6,

2012) .................................................................................................................................... 607 Walker v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 783 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2015) .................................................... 276 Wallace v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 135 (2d Cir. 2006) .................................................................... 88 Wallace; United States v., 532 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2008) .......................................................... 356 Warmels, In re, 2014 WL 7691435 (BIA Dec. 23, 2014) ........................................................ 271 Watts; United States v., 519 U.S. 148 (1997) .......................................................... 207, 233, 431 Wellington v. Holder, 623 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2010) ................................................................... 70 West, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 1405 (BIA 2000) ..................................................................... 179 Westman, Matter of, 17 I&N Dec. 50 (BIA 1979) .................................................................. 311 White v. INS, 17 F.3d 475 (1st Cir. 1994) ................................................................................. 64 Whyte v. Lynch, 807 F.3d 463 (1st Cir. 2015) ........................................................................ 406 William v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 329 (4th Cir. 2007) ......................................................... 643, 671 Williams; United States v., No. 15-10181-01-EFM, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55796

(D. Kan. Apr. 17, 2017) ....................................................................................................... 378 Williamson v. Gregoire, 151 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 1998) .......................................................... 201 Wilson v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 377 (3d Cir. 2003) .................................................................... 363 Wilson; United States v., 316 F.3d 506 (4th Cir. 2003) ........................................................... 124 Wojtkow, Matter of, 18 I&N Dec. 111 (BIA 1981) ................................................................ 322 Wu, Matter of, 27 I&N Dec. 8 (2017) ..................................................................................... 323

X

X-G-W-, Matter of, 22 I&N Dec. 71 (BIA 1998) .................................................................... 673

Y

Yamataya v. Fisher, 189 U.S. 86 (1903) .................................................................................. 101 Yanez-Garcia, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 390 (BIA 2002) ................. 349, 350, 359, 361, 362, 363,

...................................................................................................................................... 364, 372 Yanez-Popp v. INS, 998 F.2d 231 (4th Cir. 1993) .................................................................... 82 Yeremin v. Holder, 738 F.3d 708 (6th Cir. 2013) ................................................................... 276 Yeung, Matter of, 21 I&N Dec. 610 (BIA 1996) ..................................................................... 596 Yeung v. INS, 72 F.3d 843 (11th Cir. 1996) ........................................................................... 603 Yeung v. INS, 76 F.3d 337 (11th Cir. 1996) ............................................................................. 29 Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886) ........................................................................ 28, 101 Y-L-, A-G-, & R-S-R-, Matter of, 23 I&N Dec. 270 (AG 2002) ............................. 537, 615, 721

Z

Z, Matter of, 7 I&N Dec. 253 (BIA 1956) ............................................................................... 731 Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) .......................................................... 101, 188, 189, 223 Zaitona v. INS, 9 F.3d 432 (6th Cir. 1993) .............................................................................. 319 Zambrano v. INS, 972 F.2d 1122 (9th Cir. 1992), vacated, 509 U.S. 918 (1993) ................... 127 Zamudio; United States v., 314 F.3d 517 (10th Cir. 2002) ........................................................ 69 Zangwill, Matter of, 18 I&N Dec. 22 (BIA 1981) ........................................................... 318, 703 Zaragoza-Vaquero, Matter of, 26 I&N Dec. 814 (BIA 2016) .................................................. 316



Zavala v. Ridge, 310 F. Supp. 2d 1071 (N.D. Cal. 2004) ................................................. 184, 187 Zhang v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 313 (6th Cir. 2007) .................................................................... 525 Zhan Gao v. Holder, 595 F.3d 549 (4th Cir. 2010) .................................................. 537, 572, 574 Zorilla-Vidal, Matter of, 24 I&N Dec. 768 (BIA 2009) ........................................................... 450 Zuh v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 504 (4th Cir. 2008) .......................................................................... 30 Zuniga-Soto; United States v., 527 F.3d 1110 (10th Cir. 2008) ............................................... 385

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