Legal Opinion
S-P
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1996No. ID 3287PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3287 Interim Decision #3287 In re S-P-, Applicant File A72 971 091- San Francisco Decided June 18, 1996 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) Although an applicant for asylum must demonstrate that harm has been or would be inflicted on account of one of the protected grounds specified in the “refugee” definition, persecution for “imputed” reasons can satisfy that definition. (2) In mixed motive cases, an asylum applicant is not obliged to show conclusively why perse- cution has occurred or may occur; however, in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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