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Alejandra Gallegos v. Merrick B. Garland, 25 F.4th 1087 (2022) — Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Finding no exceptional circumstances justifying Gallegos’s failure to appear at her removal proceedings, we conclude the Board did not abuse its discretion and deny Gallegos’s petition for review.

Cited on: Domestic Air Travel While Your Asylum Case Is Pending

Boluk v. Holder, 642 F.3d 297 (2011) — Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

We conclude that the allocation of the burden of proof was proper, that the agency articulated the proper legal standard for demonstrating a good faith marriage, and that the agency properly determined that Boluk was ineligible for the relief he sought.

Cited on: Removing Conditions on a Marriage-Based Green Card After Divorce

Construction & Design Co. v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, 563 F.3d 593

Cited on: Independent Contractor Work Without Employment Authorization

Jose Gutierrez-Gutierrez v. Merrick B. Garland, 991 F.3d 990 (2021) — Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Gutierrez’s reentry was unlawful because he reentered within ten years of his removal without the Attorney General’s permission to reapply for admission.

Cited on: Returning to the U.S. Years After a Prior Deportation

LEMUS, 24 I. — Board of Immigration Appeals

An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States for a period of 1 year, departs the country, and then seeks admission within 10 years of the date of his departure from the United States, is inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(2)(B)(i)(II) (2000), even if the alien’s departure was not made pursuant to an order of removal and was not a voluntary departure in lieu of being subject to removal proceedings or at the conclusion of removal proceedings.

Cited on: Bringing a Spouse Back to the U.S. After Self-Deportation to Guatemala

Pedro Lozano v. City of Hazleton, 724 F.3d 297

Cited on: Independent Contractor Work Without Employment Authorization

Tina Smith v. CSRA, 12 F.4th 396

Cited on: Independent Contractor Work Without Employment Authorization

Trump v. Barbara, 609 U.S. ___ (2026) (No. 25-365, decided June 30, 2026) (slip op.)

The Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause guarantees citizenship at birth to children born on U.S. soil to parents who are unlawfully or only temporarily present — such children are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States — and the Supreme Court affirmed the district court's classwide preliminary injunction barring enforcement of Executive Order No. 14160, which had sought to deny them citizenship.

Cited on: Do You Qualify for U.S. Citizenship Through Birthright?