Vol. 22, No. 12  June 15, 2017 Daniel M. Kowalski, Editor-in-Chief

Inside This Issue Is Immigration Law National Security Law? SHOBA SIVAPRASAD WADHIA ...............................747 IMMIGRATION NEWS.........................745, 765  Supreme Court Defines Sexual Abuse of a Minor  Stanford Law Releases Pro Se Asylum Guide  DOJ Settles Two Claims over Immigration-Related Discrimination  Bits and Pieces (USCIS) CASE DIGESTS (details on next page) ........765  Federal Court Decisions  BIA Decisions  AAO Decisions  BALCA Decision  OCAHO Decision GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS (details on next page) .................................. 774 APPENDICES .............................................. 776

Supreme Court Defines Sexual Abuse of a Minor On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that statutes criminalizing sexual intercourse based solely on the ages of the participants describe generic ‘‘sexual abuse of a minor’’ only if the victim is required to be younger than sixteen. The petitioner in the case was convicted under a California statute criminalizing consensual intercourse with a minor under eighteen by any person at least three years older. The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is summarized below on page 763. The case name is Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions. It is available at 2017 U.S. LEXIS 3551.

Stanford Law Releases Pro Se Asylum Guide On May 24, 2017, the Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic released an interactive guide that provides step-by-step instructions for pro se respondents seeking asylum before the San Francisco Immigration Court. The guide was created and written by law students under the supervision of professors Jayashri Srikantiah and Lisa Weissman-Ward. English and Spanish versions of the guide are available at https://law.stanford.edu/2017/05/24/immigrants-rightsclinic-students-create-unique-guide-for-pro-se-asylumseekers/.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

CASE DIGESTS IN THIS ISSUE:

Valentine A. Brown David L. Cleveland Daniel C. Horne Sandra A. Grossman M. Isabel Medina Stanley Mailman Kathrin S. Mautino Cyrus D. Mehta Michael A. Olivas Angelo Paparelli Brian C. Schmitt Naomi Schorr Margaret D. Stock Alan Tafapolsky A. James Va´zquez-Azpiri Ronald Wada Stephen Yale-Loehr

Federal Court Decisions............................................................................................................765  Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions (sexual abuse of a minor defined)  International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump (travel ban)  Holder v. Sessions (application of IMMACT regarding §212(c))  Ali v. U.S. (need for pre-denial evidentiary hearing on I-130)  Lauria v. Sessions (BIA fact-finding)  Chavez-Alvarez v. Att’y Gen. (sodomy in military as CIMT)  Upatcha v. Sessions (standard for review of credibility determination)  Muchira v. Al-Rawaf (civil suit under TVPA)  Roland v. USCIS (review of Adam Walsh Act determination on risk to wife)  Mahmood v. Sessions (need to terminate asylee status after adjustment?)  Pina v. Castille (habeas)  Jung Eun Lee v. Johnson (jurisdiction to review delay and denial of I-129 and I-360)

EDITORIAL STAFF Michael Bruno Editorial Director Ellen M. Flynn Molly J. Liskow Legal Editors, Practice Area Content

BIA Decisions ............................................................................................................................770 Precedent:  Matter of Alday-Dominguez (receipt of stolen property as aggravated felony)  Matter of L-E-A- (family membership as a central reason for persecution) Nonprecedent:  Matter of Melendez Manriquez (false claim of U.S. citizenship)  Matter of M-M-S- (effect of §212(c) waiver)  Matter of Ayala Monzon (lack of notice of hearing)  Matter of Bibiano-Escalante (chance to pursue adjustment)  Matter of Monteiro Lopes (larceny as aggravated felony) AAO Decisions ..........................................................................................................................772 Adopted:  Matter of A-T- Inc. (master’s-degree H-1B eligibility) Nonprecedent:  Matter of U-S-, Inc. (ability to pay)  Matter of J-C-G-, Inc. (H-2B: temporary need)  Matter of R-M-P-D-F- (certificate of citizenship; born out of wedlock in Venezuela) BALCA Decision........................................................................................................................773  Matter of Hewitt Associates LLC (use of ‘‘competitive salary’’ in advertising)

Ben Winograd Research Editor

OCAHO Decision.......................................................................................................................774  U.S. v. Metropolitan Enterprises, Inc. (proof of duty to keep I-9; penalty)

The articles in this Bulletin represent the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board or Editorial Staff of this Bulletin or of LexisNexis Matthew Bender.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS IN THIS ISSUE: Federal Register .........................................................................................................................774  Notice of extension of Haiti’s TPS USCIS Documents......................................................................................................................774  May 24, 2017, Acting Director McCament letter to Senator Grassley on H-1Bs  AAO adopts decision in Matter of A-T-, Inc., on master’s degree H-1B exemption DOJ Document...........................................................................................................................775  May 22, 2017, Attorney General memo implementing Executive Order 13,768 on interior enforcement DOS Document...........................................................................................................................775  DS-5535, supplemental questions for visa applicants

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