Legal Opinion
N.L.A. v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2014No. 11-2706PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After Colombian guerillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kidnapped her father and killed her uncle, N.L.A. 1 fled Colombia for the United States. After entering the United States legally on a tourist visa, N.L.A. and her family overstayed their visa and then applied for asylum within the one year requirement of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), claiming that they were victims of persecution by the FARC and were in danger of future persecution should they return to their native Colombia. N.L.A.’s husband and daughter filed derivative…
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