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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…

The Same Hands: Colectivos, Intelligence Services, and the Politics of Return in Venezuela

There is a version of the story that ends in January 2026. A dictator captured, prisoners walking free, exiles boarding flights home. It is a tidy version, and parts of it are true. But look at who is actually governing the country, who still controls the streets, who still runs the intelligence services, and who…

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…