Legal Opinion
Yi Quan Chen v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2001No. 00-70478PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) of a Chinese citizen’s application for asylum and withholding of removal pursuant to § 208(a) and § 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“I.N.A.”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1231(b)(3). We reverse and find the Petitioner is eligible for a discretionary grant of asylum, as well as a mandatory grant of withholding of removal.
I. Facts
Yi Quan Chen (“Chen”) is a twenty-five year old citizen of the People’s Republic of China (“China”). On October 5, 1994, Chen married Ai-Ling Jiang (“Jiang”) in an…
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