Legal Opinion
Teresita Moral BORJA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1999No. 97-70272PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TROTT; Dissent by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
The New People’s Army (“NPA”) is a violent, revolutionary Communist group which actively opposes the Philippine government. The NPA has a well-documented history of political violence, including the murder of its opponents. The 1995 Country Profile issued by our State Department says that “the NPA ... is known to engage in killings and other violence.”
In testimony found by an immigration judge to be credible, consistent, forthright, and “sincere in all respects,” petitioner Teresita Moral Borja related a series of…
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