Fourth Circuit revives deportation fight for Salvadoran mother, child

A mother and her minor child got a partial reprieve in the federal Fourth Circuit, which vacated part of a removal order against Glenda Alvarado-Paz and J.P.A. and sent the case back for more proceedings. The decision, published June 1, 2026, came in a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order.

The case involved claims for asylum, withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, or CAT. Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, was the respondent in the federal appeal.

A case sent back, not finished

The ruling matters because it keeps the family’s immigration fight alive. Vacating the removal order means the government does not get the last word from the Fourth Circuit on every issue in the case.

The panel granted the petition in part and denied it in part, which means some of the immigration judge’s or agency’s conclusions remained intact while others did not. The court’s remand sends those unresolved questions back to the agency for further proceedings.