Category Archives: U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law

Prompted by news that criminal charges were filed against an alien for voting unlawfully in Michigan, I examine the possible immigration consequences for aliens who vote in violation of U.S. law.

A short guide for immigration law followers to adding Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions to Zotero.

I study a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision wherein the BIA held a Jewish man from Egypt would face persecution on account of his religion.

Was an NBA player who was born in an overseas U.S. territory born “overseas” as the word is commonly understood?

Aliens vs Noncitizens – which is the technically correct term in U.S. immigration and nationality law?

Examining two immigration precedents on the ability of noncitizen nationals to file visa petitions.

“Respondent has come forth with a strange admixture of contentions.”

“Appropriations … provided for the Immigration and Naturalization service shall be available for payment of hire of privately owned horses…”

〜How a golfer named Margie Masters made an important contribution to U.S. immigration law〜

Studying a long-forgotten 1967 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision denying an application from withholding of deportation filed by an alien from Hong Kong.

A post on an immigration issue involving a great wall. However, this is not about proposals for a border wall, but instead about an immigration precedent decision titled Matter of Great Wall, 16 I&N Dec. 156 (Acting R.C. 1977).