Legal Opinion
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 3, 1999No. 97-1754PublishedCited by 1,081 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
We granted certiorari to by the Court of Appeals in setting aside a determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA ruled that respondent, a native and citizen of Guatemala, was not entitled to withholding of deportation based on his expressed fear of persecution for earlier political activities in Guatemala. The issue in the case is not whether the persecution is likely to occur, but whether, even assuming it is, respondent is ineligible for withholding because he “committed a serious nonpolitical crime” before his entry into the United States. 8 U. S. C. § 1253(h)(2)(C).…
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