Legal Opinion
Kwasi Amanfi v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 16, 2003No. 01-4477, 02-1541PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
In this multi-pronged petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) denial of Kwasi Amanfi’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, we are primarily presented with the question whether the BIA improperly deviated from its existing interpretation of the Immigration and Naturalization Act’s (“INA”) definition of a refugee. Amanfi, a native and citizen of Ghana, was detained by immigration officials upon his arrival in the United States after he presented false travel…
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