Legal Opinion
Jin Jin Long v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 16, 2010No. Docket 09-3472-ag, 09-3694-agPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
These petitions, heard in tandem, are filed by Chinese citizens who testified that they suffered persecution for violating a Chinese law that prohibits the provision of assistance to North Korean refugees. We must decide whether such persecution can be classified as on account of political opinion. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42)(A), 1158(b)(1)(A) (asylum); 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A) (withholding of removal). The orders of removal were issued July 21, 2009 and August 11, 2009 by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Because the BIA failed to consider a number of…
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