Legal Opinion
Barbara Skalak v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 1991No. 90-2015PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Skalak, a Polish national who has been ordered deported to Poland for having overstayed her visitor’s visa on which she came to this country in 1986, asks us to set aside the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her applications for asylum and for withholding of deportation. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1153(h). For about a year before she left Poland she was active in the Solidarity movement. Her activities resulted in her being jailed twice for interrogation, each time for three days; also, officials ¿t the school where she taught harassed her for her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Mariusz Kaczmarczyk v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Jan Zalega v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Jan Kubon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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