Legal Opinion
Costa v. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 4, 2013No. 12-1485PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Elisabete Costa, a Brazilian citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming her removal to Brazil. Costa entered the United States illegally in 2003. Thereafter, she began working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents to identify sellers of fraudulent immigration documents. Because of her work, she faced harassment in the United States and reported threats back home in Brazil. Eventually, the harassment led Costa to stop assisting ICE. The government then reinstated a prior removal order against her. She…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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