Ep. 324 - Precedential Decisions: 7/6/2026 - 07/12/2026 (El Salvador’s State of Exception; forced military conscription; particularly serious crime; Y-L-; embezzlement & fraud; immutability & Serbian soccer players; WH-only review; ineffective assistance)

Aguilar-Villalobos v. Blanche , No. 23-6899 (2d Cir. July 8, 2026) adverse credibility; inconsistency; El Salvador’s State of Exception; intentionally horrendous prison conditions; prison as torture; CAT Matter of R-A-N- , 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026) forced military conscription; atrocities; well-founded fear of persecution; nexus; Russia Lopez-Lopez v. Blanche , No. 25-1924 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026)…