Legal Opinion
Wei Sun v. Jefferson B. Sessions III
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 2018No. Docket 15-2342-ag; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chin, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Wei Sun ("Sun") seeks review of a June 26, 2015 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying him asylum for religious persecution in China. Sun entered the United States on a visitor visa in 2007 and subsequently filed a timely application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1231(b)(3), respectively, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), see 8 C.F.R. § 208.16 . The IJ and the BIA denied Sun's…
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