Rivera v. Lynch

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Jose Aberto Rivera, a 58-year-old citizen of El Salvador who has resided unlawfully in the United States for the last 35 years because he immigrated illegally and has never adjusted his status to that of a citizen or lawful permanent resident, petitions us for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding an immigration judge’s denial to Rivera of asylum, withholding of removal, or relief under the Convention Against Torture, and affirming the immigration judge’s issuance of an order removing (deporting) Rivera from the United States to El Salvador.

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