Legal Opinion
Averianova v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 10, 2007No. 06-3717, 06-3718PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Antonina and Oksana Averianova, citizens of Uzbekistan, petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of the Averianovas’ applications for asylum and for withholding of removal. 1 For the reasons discussed below, we deny the Averianovas’ petitions.
I. BACKGROUND
Antonina and Oksana Averianova are a mother and daughter seeking asylum in the United States because of alleged persecution on account of their Jewish ethnicity and religious beliefs.
Antonina was born in Russia in 1951. Her family moved to…
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