Legal Opinion
Homai Behzadpour v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1991No. 90-2886PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Hornai Behzadpour, an alien from Iran, entered the United States on a nonimmi-grant visitor’s visa and did not leave when it expired. After Behzadpour failed to depart voluntarily, the Immigration and Naturalization Service began deportation proceedings against her. At Behzadpour’s deportation hearing, she conceded deportability but applied for political asylum and withholding of deportation based on her political opinion. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158, 1253(h) (1988). The immigration judge (IJ) denied Behzadpour’s application, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board)…
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