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,

09/26/2026

The First Circuit has largely affirmed a final judgment obtained by a certified class of noncitizens with final removal orders, holding that DHS's policy of removing class members to "third countries" not named in their removal orders or prior proceedings violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it fails to provide effective notice and a meaningful opportunity to raise fear-of-persecution and fear-of-torture claims regarding the new destination:

The First Circuit has largely affirmed a final judgment obtained by a certified class of noncitizens with final removal orders, holding that DHS's policy of removing class members to "third countries" not named in their removal orders or prior proceedings violates the Administrative Proced

09/19/2026

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, of a challenge brought by a long-term Northern Mariana Islands resident to USCIS's denial of his application for NM-1 status, a special immigration status created for CNMI residents left without lawful status after federal immigration law was extended to the territory:

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, of a challenge brought by a long-term Northern Mariana Islands resident to USCIS's denial of his application for NM-1 status, a special immigration status created for CNMI residents left without lawful status afte

09/19/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of CAT deferral to a Guinean respondent whose asylum status had been terminated based on a Minnesota conviction for criminal sexual conduct that the immigration judge found to be a particularly serious crime, holding that the respondent's claimed sexual orientation, the basis for his CAT claim, was not credible and was inadequately corroborated:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of CAT deferral to a Guinean respondent whose asylum status had been terminated based on a Minnesota conviction for criminal sexual conduct that the immigration judge found to be a particularly serious crime, holding that the r

09/19/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a $15,000 bond grant to a Kyrgyz respondent, holding that his recent arrests for driving on a license suspended for street racing, resisting arrest, and possessing contraband in jail demonstrated he had not met his burden of proving he is not a danger to the community:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a $15,000 bond grant to a Kyrgyz respondent, holding that his recent arrests for driving on a license suspended for street racing, resisting arrest, and possessing contraband in jail demonstrated he had not met his burden of proving he

09/19/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of asylum to an Indian political-opinion applicant, holding that the immigration judge clearly erred by discounting twelve redacted declarations from unrelated asylum cases that DHS submitted to show suspicious, boilerplate-style similarities to the respondent's own declaration:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a grant of asylum to an Indian political-opinion applicant, holding that the immigration judge clearly erred by discounting twelve redacted declarations from unrelated asylum cases that DHS submitted to show suspicious, boilerplate-sty

09/19/2026

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Nicaraguan woman convicted of federal identity theft and access-device fraud offenses, holding for the first time that any noncitizen with an aggravated felony conviction is inadmissible as a person "permanently ineligible to citizenship," since an aggravated felony conviction forever bars the good moral character required for naturalization:

The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Nicaraguan woman convicted of federal identity theft and access-device fraud offenses, holding for the first time that any noncitizen with an aggravated felony conviction is inadmissible as a person "permanently ineligible to citize

09/19/2026

The Ninth Circuit has denied a petition for review filed by a Salvadoran man denied special rule cancellation of removal after evidence showed he had served in a Salvadoran army battalion linked to civil war-era atrocities, holding that the statutory persecutor bar contains no implied defense for those who assisted in persecution under duress:

The Ninth Circuit has denied a petition for review filed by a Salvadoran man denied special rule cancellation of removal after evidence showed he had served in a Salvadoran army battalion linked to civil war-era atrocities, holding that the statutory persecutor bar contains no implied defense for th

09/19/2026

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed in large part the dismissal of claims brought by more than 150 U-visa petitioners against USCIS, holding that the regulation governing the U-visa waiting list gives the agency discretion, not a mandatory duty, to grant advance parole to domestic petitioners who have already received deferred action:

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed in large part the dismissal of claims brought by more than 150 U-visa petitioners against USCIS, holding that the regulation governing the U-visa waiting list gives the agency discretion, not a mandatory duty, to grant advance parole to domestic petitioners who have al

09/19/2026

The Ninth Circuit has granted a petition for review filed by a Mexican man ordered removed in absentia after the government's only hearing notice was mailed to a residential address his relatives provided on a bond form asking where he would "reside," not his mailing address, and the notice was returned undeliverable:

The Ninth Circuit has granted a petition for review filed by a Mexican man ordered removed in absentia after the government's only hearing notice was mailed to a residential address his relatives provided on a bond form asking where he would "reside," not his mailing address, and the notic

09/19/2026

The Seventh Circuit has denied a petition for review filed by a Mexican mother and her children who fled after the Knights Templar cartel threatened to kidnap the children unless a ransom was paid, holding that the petitioner forfeited her arguments on appeal by failing to adequately develop them before the Board:

The Seventh Circuit has denied a petition for review filed by a Mexican mother and her children who fled after the Knights Templar cartel threatened to kidnap the children unless a ransom was paid, holding that the petitioner forfeited her arguments on appeal by failing to adequately develop them be

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