Legal Opinion
Orlay Hernandez-Baena and Sandra Carrera-Garcia v. Alberto Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2005No. 04-2452, 04-2949PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Orlay Hernandez-Baena and Sandra Carrera-Garda, natives of Colombia, entered the United States as non-immigrant visitors and overstayed their visas. They filed for asylum, claiming that Hernandez-Baena had suffered persecution on account of political opinion or imputed political opinion when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) threatened his life because he refused to sell them military supplies. An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied all relief except voluntary departure, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed without opinion. For the…
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