Post Title USCIS Declares Adjustment of Status “Administrative Grace,” Not a Right — What PM-602-0199 Does to Your I-485 Slug uscis-adjustment-status-discretion-pm-602-0199 Meta Description USCIS Policy Memo PM-602-0199 rewrites adjustment of status as extraordinary discretionary relief. What the new standard means … Continue reading →
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BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month — mikebakerlaw.com/blog MikeBakerLaw Immigration & Criminal Defense ⚖ BIA Precedent  ·  Immigration Law  ·  Asylum New BIA Precedent  ·  May 2026 BIA Kills Two PSG Claims in One Month: Domestic Violence and … Continue reading →
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⚖️ Multi-Decision Alert — BIA & USCIS — April–May 2026 Matter of Santiago-Santiago, 29 I&N Dec. 589 (BIA 2026)  |  Matter of C-P-Y-, 29 I&N Dec. 610 (BIA 2026)  |  USCIS PM-602-0198 (Apr. 10, 2026) Thirty days. Three rulings. The … Continue reading →
Continue Reading The Floor Drops Out — Three Rulings in Thirty Days Dismantle the Deferred Action Safety Net for SIJ and DACA Recipients

⚖️ BIA Precedent Decision · May 8, 2026 BIA Kills “Married Mexican Women Unable to Leave” as a Cognizable Social Group in Matter of V-A-B- — And Reverses the IJ on Marriage, Government Protection, and Internal Relocation Decision Matter of … Continue reading →
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BIA & Federal Courts ⚖️ D.C. Circuit · April 2026 📋 Case No. 25-5243 D.C. Circuit Kills Trump’s Border Invasion Removal Order in RAICES v. Mullin — Every Summary Deportation Without Asylum Review Violates Federal Law Refugee and Immigrant Center … Continue reading →
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Second Circuit: Long-Term Interior Residents Are Not “Seeking Admission” — Bond Hearings Required, Circuit Split Now Open Cunha v. Freden, No. 25-3141 (2d Cir. April 28, 2026) | Judge Bianco, writing for the panel (Cabranes, Bianco, Nathan, Circuit Judges.) The … Continue reading →
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⚖️ BIA Precedent Decision Matter of Catalina Santiago-Santiago, 29 I&N Dec. 589 (BIA 2026) Decided: April 24, 2026  |  Read the Decision → DACA does not close the courtroom door. The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled on April 24, 2026, … Continue reading →
Continue Reading DACA Doesn’t End Removal — BIA Reverses IJ Who Terminated Proceedings Without Weighing DHS Opposition

IIRIRA at 28: The Law That Still Runs Every Removal Case in America — mikebakerlaw.com Baker Immigration Law Practice Analysis Case Law @mikebakerlaw Removal Defense  ·  Statutory Analysis  ·  Immigration Practice Pub. L. 104-208, Division C  ·  September 30, 1996 … Continue reading →
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🚨 Breaking Decision — BIA Precedent Breaking: BIA Reverses Anglophone Withholding Grant in Matter of E-N-N- — Credibility Shortcuts and the Wrong Standard Cost This Case Posted: April 23, 2026  |  Citation: 29 I&N Dec. 586 (BIA 2026)  |  Decided: … Continue reading →
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Posted on April 22, 2026 by Mike Baker Synthesized and compiled from the reporting and scholarship of George F. Will (The Washington Post), the Migration Policy Institute, the Pew Research Center, the National Archives, NBC News, ProPublica, the Brookings Institution, … Continue reading →
Continue Reading The Worthy Part of Mankind: America’s 236-Year Immigration Argument That Never Ends

Synthesized and compiled from the reporting of Simon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles), Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Courier Newsroom, POLITICO, and other sources February 10, 2026 This post draws heavily from the work of Simon Rosenberg, a veteran Democratic political strategist and publisher of … Continue reading →
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The Pattern: Everything Becomes “Obstruction” Over the last year, federal immigration enforcement has quietly rewritten the rules of what counts as a crime. Not in statute, but in practice—by treating any form of non-cooperation as criminal obstruction. A Milwaukee County … Continue reading →
Continue Reading Federal Power vs. State Autonomy: Judges, Immigrants, Protesters, and the Press Under Siege in the Blue-State Showdown

The Strong Are Saying Nothing – Robert Frost Frost & Poetry Robert Frost, American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner The Strong Are Saying Nothing 📅 Published January 2026 ✍️ Robert Frost (1936) ⏱️ 6 min read The Complete Poem … Continue reading →
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