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September 4, 2026

Maduro Is Gone. What Does Matter of A-E-V-M- Mean for Venezuelan Asylum Claims?

On September 4, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2026), a precedential decision that will be important for Venezuelan asylum cases going forward. As with any newly issued precedential decision, we do not yet know how Matter of A-E-V-M- will be used or applied in future…

Two Languages, One Government: What Your Notice to Appear Doesn’t Tell You

At the Institute for Migration and Human Rights (IMHR), we recently published a full legal analysis of a pattern that shows up constantly in asylum cases but that almost nobody outside immigration law ever notices: the government describes the same years of a person’s life in two completely different ways, depending on which part of…

The Green Card Rule Everyone Is Talking About — And What It Actually Means

Update — May 27, 2026: In the days since this article was first published, the practical scope of PM-602-0199 has come into sharper focus. According to publicly available USCIS data, more than 500,000 green cards were issued in FY 2024 to people already inside the United States through adjustment of status — representing over half…