Legal Opinion
CHEN
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1989No. ID 3104PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3104 MATTER OF CHEN In Deportation Proceedings A-26219652 Decided by Board April 25, 1989 (1) An applicant for asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. § 1158
(1982), may establish his claim by presenting evidence of past persecution in lieu of evidence of a well-founded fear of persecution. (2) Where an alien has shown that he has been persecuted in the past on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, the likelihood of present persecution then becomes relevant as to the exercise of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by216 opinions
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