Legal Opinion
Ai Feng Yuan v. United States Department of Justice, Song Qi Huang v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 26, 2005No. Docket 02-4632-AG, 02-4635-AGPublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge.
By law, immigrants persecuted under coercive family planning policies in their native countries may seek asylum in the United States. So may their spouses. These cases require us to determine whether the parents and parents-in-law of people so persecuted may likewise seek asylum. We hold that they may not: A parent or parent-in-law of a person subject to a coercive family planning policy is not for that reason eligible for asylum. We further hold that petitioners have not demonstrated either that they have suffered past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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