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Court of Appeals Rules on Gender Based Asylum Claim
13 Jul 2010 / Announcements, Asylum, Board of Immmigration Appeals, Breaking News, Court Cases, Deportation, Excecutive Office of Immigration Review, Immigration Reform, Judges, NewsThe Los Angeles Times reported today that a three judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit granted Ms. Lesly Perdomo’s petition for review and ordered that her case be remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to consider whether Guatemalan women constitute a “particular social group” and as such, be eligible for political asylum. The court also ordered [...]
ABA Calls on Congress to Reform our Nation’s Immigration Courts
09 Feb 2010 / Board of Immmigration Appeals, Deportation, Excecutive Office of Immigration Review, Immigration Enforcement, JudgesThe New York Times reported today that the American Bar Association (ABA)called on Congress to overhaul the current Immigration Court system and create a new, independent court in light of pleas from immigration judges and lawyers who say the Immigration Courts across the country are overwhelmed under an increasing caseload. According to the article, Congress has debated overhauling the immigration laws to legalize status to millions of illegal immigrants for the [...]
BIA Clarifies that Conviction for Alien Smuggling Not Necessary to Establish Deportability
18 Dec 2009 / Announcements, Board of Immmigration Appeals, Deportation, Excecutive Office of Immigration Review, Immigration Enforcement, JudgesThe Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled recently and as a result clarified in the case of Matter of Martinez-Serrano, 25 I&N Dec. 151 (BIA 2009) that a conviction for Alien Smuggling is not necessary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to charge a foreign national with a ground of deportability under section 237(a)(1)(E)(i) – (Alien [...]
Immigration Judge, Rafael B. Ortiz-Segura, Orlando, Florida
01 Apr 2008 / JudgesJudge Rafael B. Ortiz-Segura FY 2002 – 2007, Orlando Immigration Court Judge Ortiz-Segura was appointed as an Immigration Judge in January 1994. Prior to his appointment in Orlando in May 1997, he was an Immigration Judge in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Judge Ortiz-Segura received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976, and a Juris Doctorate [...]
Immigration Judge Victoria L. Ghartey, Orlando, Florida
01 Apr 2008 / JudgesJudge Victoria L. Ghartey FY 2002 – 2007, Orlando Immigration Court Judge Ghartey was appointed as an Immigration Judge in September 1995. Prior to her assignment to the Orlando Immigration Court in June 2003, Judge Ghartey served as an Immigration Judge in the New York Immigration Court. She received a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University [...]
Immigration Judge Kevin J. Chapman, Orlando, Florida
01 Apr 2008 / JudgesJudge Chapman was appointed as an immigration judge in March 2008. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1979 from Arkansas Tech University and a juris doctorate in 1986 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From 2003 to March 2008, Judge Chapman served as deputy general counsel, Office of the General Counsel, [...]
Immigration Judge Earle B. Wilson, Orlando, Florida
01 Apr 2008 / Excecutive Office of Immigration Review, JudgesJudge Earle B. Wilson FY 2002 – 2007, Orlando Immigration Court Judge Wilson was appointed as an Immigration Judge in October 2005. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 from Atlantic Union College, and a Juris Doctorate in 1989 from Howard University School of Law. Judge Wilson served as a senior litigation counsel [...]
