Legal Opinion
Marta Brigida Melgar De Torres v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 19, 1999No. 1998PublishedCited by 355 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge KEARSE dissents in a separate opinion.
STEIN, District Judge:
Petitioner Marta Brígida Melgar de Torres, a citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her requests for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to section 309(c)(4) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-208, Div. C., 110 Stat. 3009-626 (Sept. 30, 1996). Specifically, Melgar contends that she is entitled to relief because she has demonstrated a well-founded fear of…
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