Legal Opinion

Long Hao Li v. Attorney General of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 1, 2011No. 09-4116PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

Long Hao Li, a citizen and national of China who is ethnically Korean, seeks withholding of removal based on his fear of persecution for violating Chinese laws forbidding citizens from providing assistance to illegal immigrants from North Korea. Li presented testimony that he assisted North Korean refugees, that Chinese authorities sought to arrest him, and that he fled to the United States to avoid arrest. Li concedes that he violated Chinese law, but argues that his arrest and prosecution for that violation would amount to persecution “because of’…

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