Mexican Citizen Obtains Partial Detention in Removal Cancellation Case

A Mexican immigrant may get a second chance to seek reversal of her deportation because an immigration judge and appeals board failed to review all relevant evidence about whether her daughter would face hardship. unusual hardship if his mother were deported, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday.

The immigration judge correctly ruled that the facts did not support that Virginia Garcia Cortes’ daughter would suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship if deported, but the judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to adequately respond to a therapist’s letter on behalf of Cortes’ daughter. —called R.—regarding the impact that removing her mother would have on her mental state…