Legal Opinion
Olajumoke Abiola Ajose v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 2005No. 03-4243PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
A citizen of Nigeria, Olajumoke Abiola Ajóse entered the United States from Mexico by stealth in 1999. After being caught, she claimed asylum on the ground that she would be subject to religious persecution if repatriated. The immigration judge disbelieved her story, and the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed the appeal in February 2003 after her lawyer neglected to file a brief. Eight months later Ajóse filed a motion to reopen, asserting a different ground of asylum: that Ajose’s daughter, born in the United States in 2001, could be subject to genital…
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