Amina Bouarfa, Petitioner v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.

  1. December 10, 2024

    High Court Bars Judicial Review Of Revoked Visa Petitions

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday held that revocations of previously approved visa petitions cannot be appealed in federal courts because they are discretionary agency decisions that are not subject to judicial review.

  2. October 15, 2024

    Justices Probe 'Oddities' Of Law On Revoked Visa Petitions

    The U.S. Supreme Court questioned the federal government Tuesday over its argument that Congress intended to bar judicial review of revoked visa petitions, asking why initial petition decisions are reviewable but revocations are not.

  3. October 11, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: CBD Injuries & The Clean Water Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court will be closed Monday, but the justices will return to the bench Tuesday to hear arguments over whether the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act allows litigants to pursue claims of economic harm tied to personal injuries, and how specific pollutant discharge limits have to be under the Clean Water Act.

  4. August 23, 2024

    DHS Urges Justices To Bar Review Of Revoked Visa Petitions

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to find that an immigration law bars federal courts from reviewing revoked visa petitions, saying lawmakers had reduced the possibility of duplicative legal proceedings by preventing judicial review.

  5. July 11, 2024

    Ex-Judges Say 11th Circ. Wrong On Authority For Visa Petitions

    Former immigration judges urged the U.S. Supreme Court to unravel the Eleventh Circuit's ruling that the courts cannot review a revoked visa petition, saying the ruling denies immigrants important judicial protections based on factors outside their control.

  6. July 05, 2024

    Justices Told Revoked Visa Petition Is Reviewable

    A woman whose visa petition for her Palestinian husband was revoked two years after being approved urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that courts can review secondary decisions, saying that lower courts' refusal to do so creates an irrational system in which only initial decisions can be reviewed.

  7. April 29, 2024

    Justices To Scrutinize Revoked Visa Petition

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to examine an Eleventh Circuit decision that federal courts lack authority to review the revocation of a previously approved visa petition for a Palestinian man whose marriage was found to fraudulently skirt immigration laws.