Legal Opinion
Ortiz-Puentes v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2011No. 10-2793, 11-1308PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners are three siblings, citizens of Guatemala, who attempted to enter the United States in December 2004 and were placed in removal proceedings. Conceding removability, they applied for asylum and withholding of removal, claiming past persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution by “criminal gangs which control most of Guatemala now” based upon petitioners’ political opinion and membership in a particular social group. An immigration judge (IJ) denied the applications, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed petitioners’ administrative…
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- Amarjit Singh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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