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AILA Announcements

2025 Innovators’ Spotlight Panelists

See the 2025 AILA Innovators’ Spotlight Panelists at Fall Conference.

8/22/25 AILA Doc. No. 25080500.
Professional Resources

Boundaries Can Be the Key to Fortifying Your Well-Being

Learn how to establish boundaries with clients and yourself to attain better work-life balance, including what to put in your engagement agreement and how to discuss it with clients.

8/22/25 AILA Doc. No. 21071951. Practice Management, Well-Being
Practice Resources

Practice Alert: DOS Suspends Issuance of Visitor Visas for Individuals from Gaza

The DOS Liaison Committee provides a practice alert concerning the DOS announcement that it is suspending the issuance of all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza.

8/22/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082261. Consular Processing
Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – August 22, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 22, 2025.

8/22/25
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases

BIA Finds Respondent Failed to Show Exceptional and Extremely Unusual Hardship Based on Economic Detriment and Family Separation

The BIA held respondent failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, where his U.S.-citizen wife and children would remain in the United States and treatment for their mental health conditions would not be affected by his removal. Matter of Buri Mora, 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025)

8/22/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082200. Cancellation, Suspension & 212(c), Removal & Relief
Professional Resources

Why Immigration Lawyers Must Show Up to Court—Even When Your Client Doesn’t

This short ethics article clarifies a lawyer’s ethical obligations to show up to court when a case is calendared, even if the client isn’t going to, and helps with what to say to the judge.

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082138. Ethics
Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

DHS Announces Partnership with Nebraska to Expand Detention Space, Aid Immigration Enforcement

DHS announced that ICE is partnering with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services to expand ICE detention space by up to 280 beds at the Work Ethic Camp in McCook, NE. Additionally, Nebraska State Patrol and Nebraska National Guard will support ICE's immigration enforcement in the state.

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082137. Detention & Bond
Professional Resources

Truth in Advertising: An Ethics Case Study

Social media advertisements that discuss legal remedies in a limited context can lead to unintended misrepresentations and sow confusion or misinformation about eligibility. This article discusses the ethical considerations and potential liabilities when using social media platforms to advertise.

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 21050639. Ethics
Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Policy Alert (PA 2025-17) on False Claim to U.S. Citizenship

USCIS revised policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the false claim to U.S. citizenship ground of inadmissibility, providing clarification on the application of the BIA decision in Matter of Zhang. The guidance is effective 8/20/25. Feedback is due 9/22/25.

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082136. Admissions & Border
Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Policy Alert (PA 2025-18) on H.R.-1 and Submission of Fees

USCIS updated guidance in its Policy Manual to address fees not eligible for fee waivers in accordance with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.-1) and applicable dates for determining the fees and filing deadlines for benefit requests. The guidance is effective 7/22/25. Feedback is due 9/22/25.

Immigration News

Daily Immigration News Clips – August 21, 2025

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on August 21, 2025.

8/21/25
Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases

BIA Holds That Lack of Corroboration May Be Independent Basis to Deny Asylum or Withholding

The BIA held that a respondent’s nonresponsive and evasive testimony supports an adverse credibility determination, and that lack of corroboration may be an independent basis to find respondent has not shown eligibility for asylum or withholding. Matter of G–C–I–, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082134. Asylum & Refugees, Removal & Relief
Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases

CA7 Upholds Cancellation Denial as to Mexican Father of U.S.-Citizen Children with Anxiety Disorders

The court upheld the denial of cancellation of removal based on no exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, finding that the petitioner’s children’s anxiety reflected stress commonly seen in removal proceedings and that financial harm could be mitigated. (Santos Mendoza v. Bondi, 8/14/25)

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082133. Cancellation, Suspension & 212(c), Removal & Relief
Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases

CA7 Upholds Asylum Denial as to Honduran Petitioner Threatened by Former Leader of Land Cooperative

The court upheld the agency’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal, finding that the petitioner, who was threatened by a former leader of a Honduran land cooperative, failed to show that Honduran authorities were unable or unwilling to protect her. (Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, 8/14/25)

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082132. Asylum & Refugees, Removal & Relief
Cases & Decisions, Federal Court Cases

CA4 Holds Federal Conviction under 18 USC §922(a)(1)(A) Qualifies as Aggravated Felony of Illicit Trafficking in Firearms

The court held that the petitioner’s federal conviction under 18 USC §922(a)(1)(A) for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license qualified as the generic aggravated felony of illicit trafficking in firearms under INA §101(a)(43)(C). (Alvarez Ronquillo v. Bondi, 8/14/25)

8/21/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082131. Crimes, Removal & Relief
Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Policy Alert (PA 2025-16) on Discretionary Factors in Immigration Benefit Requests

USCIS updated Policy Manual guidance on factors that officers may consider in benefit requests that require an exercise of discretion, including individuals’ past requests for parole and alleged involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, effective 8/19/25. Feedback is due 9/19/25.

Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

EOIR Policy Memo (PM) 25-41 Establishing Updated Guidance for the Dedicated Docket

EOIR Acting Director Sirce E. Owen issued policy memo (PM) 25-41 establishing updated guidance for the Dedicated Docket. Moving forward, DHS may schedule any cases placed on its Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program onto the Dedicated Docket. This PM supersedes and replaces EOIR PM 21-23.

8/20/25 AILA Doc. No. 25082031. Detention & Bond, Removal & Relief