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0-8890American Immigration Lawyers AssociationDC Chapter 2013 Fall ConferenceWednesday, November 13, 2013University of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center(Rockville, MD)"Hollywood v. The Real World: Practical Solutions for Complex Issues"“CHASING FREEDOM” - ADVANCED ASYLUMAdvanced Asylum – Resource List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 1-3.Advanced Asylum – Asylum Officer Basic Training Course – table of contents and links to course lesson modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 4-6.Advanced Asylum – Matter of Anon. (Arlington Immigration Court; 06/21/2012); redacted decision of IJ Schmidt granting asylum on account of gang-related persecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 7-16.Advanced Asylum - Matter of Anon. (Arlington Immigration Court; 08/22/2011); redacted decision of IJ Bryant granting asylum on account of gang-related persecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 17-28.Advanced Asylum - Matter of Anon. (Board of Immigration Appeals; 03/29/2013); redacted decision remanding case for further assessment as to whether applicant for asylum demonstrated well-founded fear of persecution on account of membership in a particular social group of former informants under “whistleblower” theory after reporting threats by drug cartel to Mexican police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 29-31.Advanced Asylum – “Beacon of Hope or Failure of Protection? US Treatment of Asylum Claims based on Persecution by Organized Gangs.” by Lisa Frydman and Neha Desai, 12-10 Immigr. Briefings 1 (October 2012). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 32-95.Advanced Asylum – “Expert Evidence in Gender Based Asylum Claims; Cultural Translation for the Court.” by Lindsay Harris, Benders Immigration Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 22, pp. 1811-1826 (November 15, 2012). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 96-111.Advanced Asylum – Martins v. US, No. C 13-00591 LB (N.D. Calif. 07/03/2013), Magistrate Judge decision regarding access to asylum interview notes under Freedom of Information Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 112-43.Advanced Asylum – Asylum Quality Assurance Referral List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p 144.Advanced Asylum – ZAR/Stakeholder Liaison Final Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . p 145.“DUDE, WHERE’S MY VISA?” – PRACTICAL TIPS FOR HANDLING COMPLEX NONIMMIGRANT VISA ISSUES AT U.S. CONSULATES Nonimmigrant visas – “Behind the Glass—How Consular Processing Really Works,” by Steve Pattison, Thompson Reuters, 11/11 Immigration Briefings 1 (Nov. 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 146-66.Nonimmigrant visas – “Misrepresentation – A Manifestation Not in Accordance with Facts,” by Lesa Lawrence (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 167-71."HOME ALONE” - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE HOME COUNTRY OR ALONE IN THE U.S.? Children’s Issues – International Adoption, by Tifany Markee, Esq. (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 172-80.Children’s Issues – Second parent adoptions and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) LGBT Parents, by Jennifer Fairfax, Esq. (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 181-93.Children’s Issues – USCIS Policy Memorandum: Guidance for Determining Whether an Adoption is Valid for Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Purposes, PM-602-0070.1 (Nov. 6, 2012). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 194-208.Children’s Issues – USCIS Issues Notice that Direct Mail Now Includes I-800A & I-800 (in Fed. Reg. Vol. 73, No. 166, pp. 50336-50337), AILA Doc. No. 08082562 (August 2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 209-12.Children’s Issues – Department of State Notice of Deposit of Instrument of Ratification for the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, Fed. Reg. Vol. 72, No. 242, pp. 71730-71731, AILA Doc. No. 07121830 (Dec. 18, 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 213-14.Children’s Issues – USCIS Frequently Asked Questions: Intercountry Adoptions (Sept. 29, 2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 215-21.Children’s Issues – USCIS Update: USCIS Announces Adoption Policy for Hague Transition Cases, Grandfathered Form I-600A Affected (Oct. 14, 2008). . . . . . . . .p 222.Children’s Issues – USCIS Frequently Asked Questions: Grandfathered Form I-600A Processing for Prospective Adoptive Parents (Oct. 14, 2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 223-25.Children’s Issues – The Child Status Protection Act: Safeguarding Eligibility for Child Clients, by Margaret Hobbins, Esq. (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 226-31.Children’s Issues – Department of State Cable on the Child Status Protection Act, AILA Doc. No. 02090940 (August 2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 232-38.Children’s Issues – Department of State Issues Revised Cable on the Child Status Protection Act, AILA Doc. No. 03020550 (January 2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 239-50.Children’s Issues – USCIS Policy Memoranda: The Child Status Protection Act – Memoranda 1 and 2, HQADN 70/6.1.1, Johnny N. Williams, Executive Associate Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, USCIS (Sept. 20, 2002 and Feb. 14, 2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 251-59.Children’s Issues – Questions and Answers: USCIS Guidance on Applicability of the Child Status Protection Act, June 1, 2009, AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09061634 (Posted 6/16/09). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 260-61.Children’s Issues – USCIS Policy Memorandum: Revised Guidance for Child Status Protection Act; AFM Update: Chapter 21.2(e) The Child Status Protection Act of 2002 (CSPA)(AD07-04), Don Neufield, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, HQDOMO; 70/6.1; AFM Update AD07-04. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 262-70.Children’s Issues – USCIS Interoffice Memorandum: Section 6 of the Child Status Protection Act, Joe Cuddihy, Director of International Affairs, USCIS (March 23, 2004), AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 04032615 (Posted 03/26/04). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 271-72. “HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS” - PERM PERM – “Drafting PERM Applications to Ensure I-140 Approval,” by Edward R. Litwin and Marcine A. Seid, AILA’s Guide to PERM Labor Certification 125 (AILA 2011, Available on ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 273-86.PERM – “Employer-Related Issues to Spot Before Commencing a PERM Case, by Wendy Castor Hess, Jonathan A. Grode, and Maria P. Fritzinger (AILA 2011, Available on ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . pp 287-311.PERM – Resources List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 312-13. “STAYING ALIVE” - ETHICS FOR IMMIGRATION PRACTITIONERS Immigration Ethics – “The Most Common (And Surprising) Ethics Complaints in Immigration Practice,” by Reid Trautz, Esq. (2012, American Immigration Lawyers Association). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 314-17.Immigration Ethics – “Matter of Lozada: What it is, What it isn’t, and How to use it Effectively and Ethically,” by John Vanderberg (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 318-22.Immigration Ethics – Matter of Lozada, 19 I&N Dec. 637 (BIA 1988). . . . . .pp 323-26. Immigration Ethics – Whether You Have a Duty to Disclose What May Have Been Fraud by Your Client Related to Proceedings in Immigration Court, Maryland State Bar Ass’n, Committee on Ethics, Ethics Docket 2013-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 327-29.Immigration Ethics – Whether an Attorney Licensed to Practice Law in Another Jurisdiction, but Not Licensed to Practice in Maryland, May Conduct an, ‘Immigration-Only’ Practice in Maryland, Maryland State Bar Ass’n, Committee on Ethics, Ethics Docket 2012-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 330-33.Immigration Ethics – Contreras v. U.S., 665 F.3d 578 (3rd Cir., 2012) . . . . . . . pp 334-41.“GRUDGE MATCH” – RESPONDING TO RFE’S, NOID’S, AND DENIALS EFFECTIVELYResponding to RFEs - William R. Yates Memorandum Feb 16, 2005 “Requests for Evidence (RFE) and Notices of Intent to Deny” (NOID) HQOPRD 70/2, AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 05021810 (Posted 02/18/05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 342-47.Responding to RFEs - Instructional Memorandum March 23, 2012 “Expedited Case Review Process for Specifically-Defined Administrative Errors” IM-602-0059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 348-50. Responding to RFEs – “It’s Not Romance; It’s Immigration Law: showing actual and good faith marriage,” by Sandra Grossman, Esq. and Toni Maschler, Esq. (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 351-57.Responding to RFEs – “All is Not Lost! Responding to RFEs, NOIDs, and Denials,” by Ofelia Calderon, Esq. and Todd Pilcher, Esq. (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 358-63.Responding to RFEs – “The Road Less Travelled (Hopefully): Making a Record for Appeal While Appealing to the Adjudicator,” by Lory D. Rosenberg, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 364-69. Responding to RFEs - Redacted appeal of I-485 denial based on denial of I-601 fraud waiver (Pilcher) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 370-78.Responding to RFEs - Redacted I-130 reinstatement brief (Grossman), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 379-414.Responding to RFEs - Redacted I-130 NOID rebuttal re alleged discrepancies (Calderon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 415-18. Responding to RFEs - Redacted BIA remand re Somali religious divorce (Grossman). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 419-21.“DIE HARD” - NOIDS, NOIRS and RFE RESPONSES IN EMPLOYMENT BASED CASESEmployment NOIDS, NOIS and RFE Responses – “Thinking ahead: How good PERM practices can help minimize the possibility of an RFE on the I-140,” by Monique A. van Stiphout, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 422-26.Employment NOIDS, NOIS and RFE Responses – “Common F-1 and H-1B Status Issues in the Context of Requests for Extension, Change, and Adjustment of Status,” by Anna Stepanova, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 427-31.Employment NOIDS, NOIS and RFE Responses – Redacted samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 432-38.“CRIME AND PUNISHMENT” – DETERMINING IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITYCriminal Issues – “Moncrieffe, Descamps and Crimes of Violence in the Fourth Circuit,” by Rachel Ullman, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp. 439-43.Criminal Issues – “An Overview of Crimes of Theft and Violence in Virginia and Maryland,” by Ivan Yacub, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 444-51.Criminal Issues – Moncrieffe and Olivas-Motto: Fourteen Crim/Imm Defenses in the Ninth Circuit by Katherine Brady, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 452-73.Criminal Issues – Moncrieffe v. Holder, Implications for Drug Charges and Other Issues Involving the Categorical Approach, Practice Advisory by Manny Vargas, Dan Kesselbrenner, Sejal Zota, Isaac Wheeler, and Beth Werlin, American Immigration Counsel, Legal Action Center (May 2, 2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp . 474-95.Criminal Issues – Moncreiffe v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 1678 (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . pp 496-539.Criminal Issues – Descamps v. US, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 540-83.Criminal Issues – Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, 130 S. Ct. 2577 (June 14, 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 584-609.Criminal Issues – Mondragon v. Holder, 706 F.3d 535 (4th Cir. 2013). . . . . . pp 610-30. Criminal Issues – US v. Cabrera-Umanzor, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 17751 (4th Cir. 2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 631-44.Criminal Issues – US v. Carthorne, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 16739 (4th Cir. 2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 645-87.Criminal Issues – Salem v. Holder, 647 F.3d 111 (4th Cir. 2011) . . . . . . . . . . pp 688-702.Criminal Issues – Matter of Lanferman, 25 I&N Dec. 721 (BIA 2012). . . . . . pp 703-33.Criminal Issues – Matter of Leal, 26 I&N 20 (BIA 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 716-23.“LET IT RIDE” - APPEALS AND FEDERAL LITIGATIONAppeals and Federal Litigation - Practical Considerations in Challenging a USCIS Denial or Revocation, by Adam Rosen, Esq. (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 724-27.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Sample District Court Complaint Challenging Dismissal of AAO Appeals of Form I-140 Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 728-67.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Administrative Appeals Office Ability to Pay Decision, AILA Infonet Doc. No. 09031690, Posted 03/16/09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 768-73.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Administrative Appeals Office Ability to Pay Decision, June 8, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . pp 774-79.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Full Gospel Portland Church v. Thornburgh, 730 F.Supp. 441 (D.D.C., 1989). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 780-91.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Matter of Sonegawa, Interim Decision #1835, August 14, 1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 792-95.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Form I-140 Standards of Operating Procedures, AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 07083067 (Posted 8/30/07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 796-819.Appeals and Federal Litigation – In re Softek Information Services, Inc., 2010 Immig. Rptr. LEXIS 9635 (August 27, 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 820-38.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Defensor v. Meissner, 201 F.3d 384 (5th Cir., 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 839-43.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Memorandum Opinion: Fogo de Chao Churrascaria, LLC v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Civil Action No. 10-1024 (RBW) (August 9, 2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 844-70.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Immigration and Naturalization Service Policy Memorandum, Fujie O. Ohata, Associate Commissioner, Service Center Operations, Immigrations Service Division, HQSCOPS 7016.1 (December 20, 2002), AILA InfoNet 03020548 (Posted 2/5/03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 871-72.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Memorandum Opinion: Maramjaya v. USCIS, Civil Action No. 06-2158 (RCL) (March 26, 2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 873-86.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Matter of Aphrodite Investments, Ltd., v. USCIS, Interim Decision #2826 (August 27, 1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 887-88.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Matter of Ord, Interim Decision #2916 (May 2, 1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pp 889-92.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Administrative Appeals Office Decision Withdrawing EB-2, (April 28, 2009), AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11022830 (Posted 2/28/11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 893-904.Appeals and Federal Litigation – Administrative Appeals Office Decision – Withdrawn EB-2 (December 5, 2007), AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 08030370 (Posted 3/3/08). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp 905-09. ................
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