Legal Opinion
Yahong Zheng v. Alberto R. Gonzales, 1 Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 24, 2005No. 04-2402PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Yahong Zheng petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial of her claim for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3). Zheng, a native of China, argues that she established eligibility for relief because she was persecuted under a “coercive family planning program” within the meaning of the expanded definition of “refugee” in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(B). Zheng testified that she was repeatedly subjected to the involuntary insertion of intrauterine devices (“IUDs”) after she and her husband had a child without…
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