Legal Opinion
Vicente Osorio v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Amicus Curiae
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 7, 1994No. 728, Docket 93-4115PublishedCited by 320 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge:
This petition for review raises several questions under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, (the “Act”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq. (1988 & Supp. IV 1992): (1) whether the applicant for asylum was persecuted solely on account of his involvement in an economic dispute with his government and therefore was ineligible for political asylum? (2) whether Congress intended to exclude from eligibility applicants who were persecuted because of their political beliefs and their involvement in an economic dispute with their government? (3) whether the…
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