Immigration case
Fourth Circuit revives deportation fight for Salvadoran mother, child
The Fourth Circuit gave Glenda Alvarado-Paz and her child another chance to fight deportation, erasing part of the removal order and sending the case back for more proceedings.
The Fourth Circuit gave Glenda Alvarado-Paz and her child a partial win and sent the immigration case back for more proceedings. The ruling does not end the removal fight, but it does erase part of the agency’s order.
- The Fourth Circuit gave the family a partial win.
- Part of the removal order was vacated.
- The case now goes back for more proceedings.
- The opinion involved asylum, withholding and CAT protection.
- 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
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.