Adil Zulbeari v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Adil Zulbeari, appeals from a decision of the Board of- Immigration Appeals (the BIA) denying his application for asylum and ordering his deportation. Zul-beari, an ethnic Albanian Muslim, who is a citizen of Yugoslavia, entered the country near El Paso, Texas as an alien and without inspection by an immigration officer. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (the INS) charged him with deportability. Zulbeari conceded that he is deporta-ble, but at his deportation hearing, he requested asylum. The Immigration Judge denied his request, holding that Zulbeari…