Legal Opinion
Jose Iruegas-Valdez v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2017No. 15-60532PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Jose Iruegas-Valdez (“Iruegas-Valdez”) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). For the reasons below, we VACATE the decision of the BIA and REMAND -with instructions to apply the appropriate legal standards.
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In 1975, one-year-old Iruegas-Valdez, a Mexican national, entered the United States with his parents as a lawful permanent resident. In 1997, he was convicted of possession of a controlled…
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