Legal Opinion
Zine v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 19, 2008No. 06-3002, 06-4127PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
L’Aid Zine, a native and citizen of Algeria, fled that country in April 1996 and later used a fraudulent French passport to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (“VWP”). Zine filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) on July 21, 2000. After six hearings over a three-year period, the immigration judge (“IJ”) denied the application, finding that Zine’s testimony was not credible and therefore he failed to prove that he applied for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States, or…
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