Legal Opinion
Negusie
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided October 22, 2025No. ID 4135PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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29 I&N Dec. 285
(A.G. 2025) Interim Decision #4135 Matter of Negusie, Applicant Decided by Attorney General October 22, 2025 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General The stay of the Board’s March 16, 2021, order in this matter is vacated, and Matter of Negusie,
28 I. & N. Dec. 120
(A.G. 2020), which held that the bar to asylum eligibility for aliens who have engaged or assisted in the persecution of another does not contain a duress exception, is now the operative opinion. BEFORE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL This case involves the persecutor bar under sections 208(b)(2)(A)(i) and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Negusie v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- NEGUSIEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2018
- Negusie v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
3Cited by2 opinions
- D-G-B-LBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2026
- Jose Perez-Castillo v. Todd BlancheCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2026