Legal Opinion
Abtew v. United States Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 22, 2015No. 14-5169PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
Foreign citizens who are unlawfully in the United States may be subject to removal. But those who fear persecution if they return to their home countries may seek asylum in the United States. Under American immigration law, those foreign citizens have two opportunities to press their case for asylum. First, they may petition the Department of Homeland Security to grant asylum. Second, if that fails, they'may bring their case before an administrative immigration court.
In 2012, Anteneh Abtew, a citizen of Ethiopia,…
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