Category Archives: U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law

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〜

“A strange admixture of contentions.”

〜An old immigration precedent that has nothing to do with today’s wall debates〜