Legal Opinion
Besem Selimi, Aisha Selimi, Vjolca Selimi, Rashida Selimi, and Kujtesa Selimi v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 2004No. 02-1453, 02-2923PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Besem Selimi and his wife Aisha on her own behalf and that of their three daughters — Rashida, Kujtesa, and Vjolca — filed separate motions to reopen their exclusion proceedings in order to obtain asylum, withholding of deportation, or protection under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture of 1998(CAT), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied their motions and they appealed. The appeals raise essentially the same issues and have been consolidated for our consideration.
Besem Selimi is an ethnic Albanian…
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