Leon Santos-Zacaria, aka Leon Santos-Sacarias, Petitioner v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

  1. December 18, 2024

    High Court Bar's Future: McDermott's Paul Hughes

    Paul W. Hughes of McDermott Will & Emery LLP knows U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments are unpredictable — you can end up as the butt of a justice's joke or have the whole bench fully embrace your novel legal theory — so he focuses on what he can control: being overprepared for any version of the court he meets.

  2. July 11, 2023

    Justices Hand Down 2023's Top Immigration Decisions So Far

    The U.S. Supreme Court delivered four major immigration decisions in the first half of 2023, including narrowing when states have standing to challenge federal immigration policy and broadening when obstruction of justice offenses are cause for deportation.

  3. May 11, 2023

    Justices Say Trans Immigrant Can Fight Removal At 5th Circ.

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a transgender woman fighting deportation can challenge her removal order at the Fifth Circuit, rejecting the Biden administration's argument that she must first exhaust all administrative remedies at the Board of Immigration Appeals.

  4. January 17, 2023

    Justices Mull Jurisdiction Guidance For Deportation Appeals

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested Tuesday that the court ought to clarify when federal appellate courts have the authority to review Board of Immigration Appeals decisions in a case involving a Guatemalan woman facing deportation.

  5. January 13, 2023

    Up Next At High Court: Turkish Bank Fights Criminal Charges

    This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a dry procedural question that could make or break the hopes of many immigrants fighting removal from the country, as well as a state-owned Turkish bank's attempt to use sovereign immunity to defeat criminal charges from U.S. prosecutors.

  6. January 02, 2023

    Top Immigration Cases To Watch In 2023

    The U.S. Supreme Court's anticipated ruling on President Joe Biden's deportation guidelines will intensify the White House's stand-off with Republican states on immigration policy. The Ninth Circuit is also expected to rule on the constitutionality of the illegal reentry ban. Here, Law360 breaks down the top immigration cases to watch in 2023.

  7. December 20, 2022

    Gov't Urges Justices To Rebuff Immigrant Removal Bid

    The U.S. Supreme Court should affirm a Fifth Circuit panel's interpretation of immigration laws to prohibit federal courts from considering challenges to Board of Immigration Appeals orders unless the board has already reconsidered the issue, the federal government has argued in a case stemming from a Guatemalan woman's challenge to her removal orders.

  8. October 03, 2022

    Justices To Review If 5th Circ. Fairly Rebuffed Removal Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review whether the Fifth Circuit was right to reject a Guatemalan woman's deportation case on the grounds that she hadn't gone through a final round of administrative appeals.