Legal Opinion
Tchitchui v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 19, 2011No. Docket 10-1953-agPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
An alien’s “firm resettlement” in a third country prior to arrival in the United States bars the alien from obtaining asylum here. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(A)(vi); 8 C.F.R. § 208.15. On this petition for review of an order of removal, we are asked to consider whether the government’s prima facie showing of firm resettlement may be rebutted by an alien’s showing that his ties to the third country into which he fled before coming here were formed before his last flight from persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.15(a). We concluded that firm resettlement is determined from the totality of the…
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