Immigrant Granted New Removal Hearing by En Banc Ninth Circuit

An immigrant from Mexico who lied on his asylum application is entitled to a new removal hearing because he wasn’t properly notified about his initial one, an en banc Ninth Circuit panel held.

The government wasn’t entitled to just throw up its hands when the notice it sent to Leopold Rivera-Valdes by certified mail was unclaimed and returned, Judge Gabriel P. Sanchez wrote Thursday for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The ruling is a loss for the Trump administration as it ratchets up immigration enforcement and deportation, including conducting immigration raids in previously off-limits areas such ...