Legal Opinion
Mariya Georgieva v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 2014No. 13-1792PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Mariya Borisova Georgieva and Lachezar Dimitrov are Roma asylum-seekers. In 2002, the couple left Bulgaria and entered the United States legally. They say they were fleeing some of their non-Roma countrymen who had threatened Georgieva after she resisted being forced into the sex trade and became active in pro-Roma politics. Georgieva and Dimitrov also say they wanted to escape the atmosphere of persecution that faces the Roma people in Bulgaria. The immigration judge found Georgieva’s testimony incredible and denied Georgieva and Dimitrov asylum. The Board of Immigration…
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