F.H.-T. V. HOLDER
F.H.-T. (a pseudonym used to protect him and his family) has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the Government’s process for deciding exemptions from the so-called “terrorist bars” which precluded him from obtaining asylum.
7th circuit
DAVILA V. HOLDER
Ms. Davila is a Mexican national seeking asylum because she received death threats and faces persecution due to her demands for government accountability in connection to cartel violence.
L.D.G. V. HOLDER
L.D.G. sought U visa protection after she and her children were kidnapped and assaulted in Illinois in 2006. As a result of the crimes committed against them and related ongoing threats, the family was forced them to close their business.
ALJABRI v. HOLDER, et al
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) was appointed counsel in a petition for review filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Aljabri appealed the district court’s dismissal of his complaint that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had failed to adjudicate his naturalization application within 120 days of his interview.
RRD v. HOLDER
RRD is a former Mexican federal police officer who investigated and prosecuted drug cartels. Even after leaving the police force, RRD was targeted by the drug cartels and survived an assassination attempt.
N.L.A., et al v. HOLDER
The National Immigrant Justice Center and pro bono partners from Sidley Austin LLP filed a petition for review at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a Colombian woman and her derivative husband and daughter. N.L.A.’s family owned land in Colombia that FARC guerillas wished to tax and acquire.
Anaya-Aguilar v. Holder
In June, the Seventh Circuit dismissed the Petition for Review in Anaya-Aguilar v. Holder, which sought to challenge the BIA’s denial of sua sponte reopening.
CECE V. HOLDER
Johana Cece is an Albanian woman who was targeted by organized crime figures in Albania for forced sex trafficking. She fled Albania to escape, and applied for asylum.
Torres-Tristan v. Holder
Mr. Torres-Tristan is a Mexican man who reentered the United States unlawfully after a past removal. He sought to gain legal status, and avoid a reinstatement of removal by applying for a U Visa, which may be granted to victims of some types of criminal activity in the United States. After USCIS denied the U Visa, NIJC filed a Petition for Review with the Seventh Circuit.
Familia Rosario v. Holder
Mr. Familia Rosario is a permanent resident who is alleged to be removable as an aggravated felon.
Samirah v. Holder
The Seventh Circuit, interpreting 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(c) and INA § 212(d)(5)(A) in this case, found that when the government chooses to terminate a person’s advance parole, it must place that person back into the same status he occupied before receiving the advance parole grant.
Ramos v. Holder
The Seventh Circuit found that former gang membership is a cognizable particular social group for asylum purposes.