Legal Opinion
Cubillos v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 12, 2009No. 08-2007PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Armando Cubillos, et al., 3 petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) vacating the immigration judge’s (IJ) grant of asylum to Cubillos. For the reasons discussed below, we deny Cubillos’s petition.
I. jBackground
Cubillos, a native and citizen of Colombia, traveled to the United States in 2003 as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure. He filed an application for asylum five months later. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(B), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice to Appear charging Cubillos with staying in the country…
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