Legal Opinion
Da Silva v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 5, 2005No. 03-2738PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Paulo Rocha Pereira Da Silva, a Brazilian national, seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) rejecting his request for withholding of removal. Discerning no error, we deny the petition.
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Background
In November of 1997, the petitioner, previously a domiciliary of Campos, Brazil, entered the United States on a six-month tourist visa. He took up residence in the Boston area and overstayed his visa. A year later, he was joined by his wife, Regina Celia Gomes Dé Lima Silva, and his minor daughter, Paola Lima Rocha Per-eira. They also…
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