Legal Opinion
Cai Luan Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 20, 2004No. 03-3124PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALITO, Circuit Judge.
Cai Luan Chen petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. Chen’s primary argument is that he is eligible for asylum based on his fiancee’s forced abortion at the hands of Chinese government officials. In making this argument, Chen relies on a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals holding that the spouse of a person who was forced to undergo an abortion or sterilization is deemed under a 1996 amendment to 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42) to have suffered past…
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