Legal Opinion
Goonsuwan v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2001No. 00-10349PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Anirut Goonsuwan, also known as Dong Manucy, the name given to him when he was adopted by his step-father, came to the United States from Thailand with his mother and sister in 1975. From the age of four, Goonsuwan was raised in the United States by his mother and step-father, an Air Force officer. He is unfamiliar with-his native Thailand. Goonsuwan does not speak the Thai language and, since his departure, has lost all contact with his relatives in Thailand. The only life and family he knows is here in the United States.
In 1990, in two separate incidents, Goon-suwan…
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