Category Archives: Asylum

Lin Jiang, Seventh Circuit: Asylum/Motion to Reopen/Ineffective Assistance of Counsel/Changed Country Conditions

Lin Jiang v. Eric Holder, Jr., 09-3179Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Friday, March 18th, 2011Status: Published/PrecedentialLin_Jiang_v._Eric_Holder_Jr..pdf Tweet In Lin Xing Jiang v. Holder, 2011 WL 923279 (7th Cir. 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied … Continue reading

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LIN v. HOLDER JR-Chinese asylum and withholding of removal 7th Circuit

A Chinese citizen’s petition for review of a BIA’s affirmance of an IJ’s denial of an application for asylum and withholding of removal based on his wife’s alleged abortion, is denied where: 1) even if the abortion and sterilization certificates … Continue reading

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Chinese Asylum: Is it appropriate to treat suing a unit of government as a legitimate means of expressing one’s political opinion? 7th Circuit 2010

Xiu Chen v. Eric Holder, Jr. (Easterbrook)Full Text A Chinese citizen’s petition for review of BIA’s denial of her application for asylum is granted and remanded as the Board has never addressed the question of whether it is appropriate to … Continue reading

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Asylum, China’s one-child policy and membership in social group-7th Cir. 2010 Chen v. Holder, No. 08-2836

A Chinese national and citizen’s petition for review of the BIA’s affirmance of Immigration Judge’s denial of his application for asylum and related relief, claiming that he has been or will be persecuted because of his family’s resistance to China’s … Continue reading

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EOIR Releases 2009 Statistical Year Book

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has recently released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Statistical Year Book, summarizing the work of the EOIR for the past five years. The 129-page report was prepared by the … Continue reading

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