Law Office of Sabrina Damast

Law Office of Sabrina Damast The Law Office of Sabrina Damast is a full-service immigration law firm in Los Angeles, California,

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a $7,500 bond grant to a Mexican respondent who overstayed a visitor visa, holding that the immigration judge improperly relied on speculative eligibility for asylum, cancellation of removal, and adjustment of status to offset flight risk:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a $7,500 bond grant to a Mexican respondent who overstayed a visitor visa, holding that the immigration judge improperly relied on speculative eligibility for asylum, cancellation of removal, and adjustment of status to offset flight r

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Guatemalan respondent found ineligible for cancellation of removal after he paid a smuggler to transport his 14-year-old son from Guatemala to the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite the family, even though the son ultimately sought asylum after arrival:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Guatemalan respondent found ineligible for cancellation of removal after he paid a smuggler to transport his 14-year-old son from Guatemala to the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite the family, even though the son ultimately sought asylum aft

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed a respondent's appeal from denial of bond, upholding the immigration judge's determination that he posed a flight risk that no bond amount could mitigate given evidence of inconsistent statements to USCIS and possible involvement in human rights violations in Afghanistan:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed a respondent's appeal from denial of bond, upholding the immigration judge's determination that he posed a flight risk that no bond amount could mitigate given evidence of inconsistent statements to USCIS and possible involvement in human rights violati

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Somali asylum applicant found not credible based on inconsistencies regarding his name, nationality, clan membership, and use of a fraudulently obtained Kenyan passport:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Somali asylum applicant found not credible based on inconsistencies regarding his name, nationality, clan membership, and use of a fraudulently obtained Kenyan passport. The Board held that identity is a threshold and critical element o

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of withholding of removal to a Russian respondent who was struck by police as a 17-year-old, holding that the immigration judge erred by treating the respondent's status as a minor as itself sufficient to elevate the harm to persecution:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of withholding of removal to a Russian respondent who was struck by police as a 17-year-old, holding that the immigration judge erred by treating the respondent's status as a minor as itself sufficient to elevate the harm to pe

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from an order terminating proceedings after an immigration judge excluded a Form I-213 and Form I-94 offered to prove a lawful permanent resident's alienage, finding the certifying USCIS official lacked authority to authenticate the records:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from an order terminating proceedings after an immigration judge excluded a Form I-213 and Form I-94 offered to prove a lawful permanent resident's alienage, finding the certifying USCIS official lacked authority to authenticate the records

08/13/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of asylum to a Nicaraguan respondent, holding that the immigration judge's favorable credibility finding did not adequately address several apparent inconsistencies in the respondent's testimony and corroborating evidence, including conflicting accounts of a 2018 protest and unresolved questions about the availability of arrest warrants:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of asylum to a Nicaraguan respondent, holding that the immigration judge's favorable credibility finding did not adequately address several apparent inconsistencies in the respondent's testimony and corroborating evidence, incl

08/13/2026

The Eleventh Circuit has granted a petition for review filed by a Guatemalan man whose motion to reopen for ineffective assistance of counsel was denied because he reported his attorney to the immigration court's own disciplinary counsel rather than to a state bar:

The Eleventh Circuit has granted a petition for review filed by a Guatemalan man whose motion to reopen for ineffective assistance of counsel was denied because he reported his attorney to the immigration court's own disciplinary counsel rather than to a state bar. The Court held that nothing in M

08/13/2026

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence, finding that the defendant's Oregon third-degree assault convictions and strangulation conviction were violent felonies under the categorical approach and rejecting arguments that the assault statute's accomplice-liability provisions or its "extensively intertwined" doctrine swept in non-forceful conduct:

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence, finding that the defendant's Oregon third-degree assault convictions and strangulation conviction were violent felonies under the categorical approach and rejecting arguments that the assault statute's accomplice-liability provisi

08/13/2026

The Ninth Circuit has vacated a sentence enhanced under the career-offender Sentencing Guideline based on two prior convictions for inflicting corporal injury on a domestic partner under California Penal Code § 273.5, holding that the offense no longer categorically qualifies as a crime of violence:

The Ninth Circuit has vacated a sentence enhanced under the career-offender Sentencing Guideline based on two prior convictions for inflicting corporal injury on a domestic partner under California Penal Code § 273.5, holding that the offense no longer categorically qualifies as a crime of violence...

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