Legal Opinion
Chen, Yuan Rong v. Gonzales, Alberto R.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2006No. 04-1126PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Chinese national Yuan Rong Chen and his wife Yin Lin petitioned for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, claiming that they feared persecution for resisting the government’s one-child policy if forced to return to China. Before the immigration judge (IJ), they argued that Chen had suffered past persecution because: (1) he was expelled from school for voicing opposition to the birth-control policy, and (2) his former girlfriend was forced to abort a pregnancy with his child. They also argued that they both had a well-founded…
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