Legal Opinion
Irene Arrey Agbor and Terry Ayuk Etta Agbor Ebai v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 25, 2007No. 06-2015PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Soon after getting married, the petitioners fled their home country of Cameroon and sought asylum in the United States because the bride’s mother insisted — to the point of death threats — that the bride be circumcised. Irene Agbor refused, calling the process of female circumcision “a violent ritual mutilation of the female genitalia.” Her husband, Terry A.E. Agbor Ebai, agreed and opposed the practice. But an immigration judge, relying on general country report information suggesting that female circumcision is not ubiquitous in Cameroon, concluded that their fears…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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