Legal Opinion
Johana Cece v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 2013No. 11-1989PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
United States asylum laws grant refuge to those who have been persecuted in foreign lands because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The complexity surfaces when we try to define terms such as persecution and “social group”— the latter of which has perplexed this court and others, and is in the spotlight once again in this case.
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Johana Cece, a native of Albania, arrived in the United States in 2002, and sought asylum within the requisite time allotted. The immigration judge deemed Cece credible, and therefore we…
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