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In re B-R-

10 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,411 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  2. Jama v. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

    543 U.S. 335 (2005)   Cited 437 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress could not have ratified a “settled construction” of a statute, because there was no “judicial consensus so broad and unquestioned that we must presume Congress knew of and endorsed it”

  3. Sall v. Gonzales

    437 F.3d 229 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 23 times
    Adopting "totality of the circumstances" approach to firm resettlement bar

  4. Tchitchui v. Holder

    657 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 8 times
    Rejecting petitioner's argument that the IJ and BIA erred in determining petitioner did not qualify for § 208.15 exception by considering his ties to third country extant prior to persecutiongiving rise to petitioner's asylum application

  5. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,779 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  6. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,717 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  7. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,054 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

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

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,993 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

  9. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,230 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"

  10. Section 1208.15 - Definition of "firm resettlement."

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.15   Cited 54 times

    (a) An alien is considered to be firmly resettled if, after the events giving rise to the alien's asylum claim: (1) The alien resided in a country through which the alien transited prior to arriving in or entering the United States and- (i) Received or was eligible for any permanent legal immigration status in that country; (ii) Resided in such a country with any non-permanent but indefinitely renewable legal immigration status (including asylee, refugee, or similar status but excluding status such