Legal Opinion
EXAME
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1982No. ID 2920PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2920 MATTER OF EXAME In Exclusion Proceedings A-26007788 Decided by Board September 3, 1982 (1) Background evidence relating to general or specific conditions in the country to which an alien's persecution claim is directed is 'admissible in proceedings to adjudicate an asylum application so long as it is relevant, material, and noncumulative. Accordingly, the immigration judge's categorical rejection of background evidence relating to general conditions in Haiti improperly precluded the applicant from making a fait and fair presentation of his persecution claim, thus…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Raymond Coriolan and Willy Bonannee v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- McMULLENBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1980
- EXILUSBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1982
- CHUMPITAZIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1978
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