Category Archives: China one-child policy

CA7 finds resistance to China’s coercive population-control policy credible-Wang v. Lynch, Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 2015

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Mike Baker

Lishou Wang, a 51-year-old Chinese citizen, petitioned for review of the denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal based on his resistance to China’s coercive population-control policy. An immigration judge found that Wang did not testify credibly … Continue reading →

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CA7 denies Chinese Fujian Province Asylum based on family planning policy due to failure to present evidence of financial situation

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Mike Baker

Chen v. Holder Docket: 13-1758 Opinion Date: December 11, 2013 Chen faced deportation to Fujian Province and claimed to face a significant risk of persecution there because, since coming to the U.S. in 2002, she has given birth to two … Continue reading →

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CA7 remands Chinese asylum case to BIA, Zheng v. Holder

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Mike Baker

There is no sound basis . . . to resolve Zheng’s petition for review differently from the petitions for review in Ni and Chen. “The INS must give each asylum case individualized scrutiny, but it is a foundation of the … Continue reading →

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Asylum, China, Forced Sterilization: Chen v. Holder CA7

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Mike Baker

The petitioner, a Chinese citizen from Fujian Province, entered the U.S. in 1997 and is the mother of two boys born in the U.S. She sought asylum in 2007 on the ground that she is likely to be forcibly sterilized … Continue reading →

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Ni v. Holder, forced sterilization under China’s “one-child policy”

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Mike Baker

Docket: 12-2242 Opinion Date: April 26, 2013 Judge: Wood 12-2242 Ji Cheng Ni v.   Eric H. Holder, Jr. agency 04/26/2013 Final  Opinion Wood Ni came to the U.S. in 2001 from Fujian Province, China. An Immigration Judge ordered him … Continue reading →

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