Legal Opinion
Benitez Ramos v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 2009No. 09-1932PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Immigration Appeals denied Nelson Alejandro Benitez Ramos’s application for withholding of removal, a remedy that is similar to asylum (the deadline for applying for which Ramos had missed) but that requires the applicant to establish a higher probability of persecution should he be returned to his native country. The ground of the denial was that Ramos is not a member of “a particular social group.” Persecution on the basis of membership in such a group is, along with persecution on the basis of “race, religion, nationality, ... or political opinion,” a…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
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