Legal Opinion

FUENTES

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1988No. ID 3065PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #3065 MATTER OF FUENTES In Deportation Proceedings A-24841098 Decided by Board April 18, 1988 (1)Dangers which arise from the nature of employment as a policeman in an area of domestic unrest (e.g., attacks because they are viewed as extensions of a govern- ment's military forces) do not support a claim of a well-founded fear of "persecu- tion" within the scope of section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

8 U.S.C. § 1158

(1982). (2)If policemen or guerrillas are considered to be victims of persecution based solely on an attack by one against the other, virtually all…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
  3. MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
  4. Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. CHOULIARISBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1977

3Cited by138 opinions

  1. M-E-V-GBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2014
  2. Rocio Henriquez-Rivas v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
  3. Rolando Augustine Castellano-Chacon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  4. W-G-RBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2014
  5. J-JBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1997

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