Kurdi v. Sessions

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Mustafa Ahmad Kurdi, a native and citizen of Lebanon, asks us to review a Board , of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). After careful consideration of the briefs and the administrative record, we deny-the petition.

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Kurdi entered the United States on a visitor’s visa in 2006 and remained longer than permitted. That same year, he married a U.S. citizen. Kurdi’s wife filed a visa petition on his behalf, but the Department of Homeland…