Legal Opinion
VIGIL
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1987No. ID 3050PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3050 MATTER OF VIGIL In Deportation Proceedings A-26787128 Decided by Board March 17, 1988 (1) The group of young, male, urban, unenlisted Salvadorans does not constitute a "particular social group" within the meaning of sections 101(a)(42XA) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
8 U.S.C. §§ 1101
(aX42XA) and 1253(h) (1982). (2) An alien who merely testifies at his deportation hearing that he wishes to remain neutral in the midst of the civil conflict in his native country does not thereby establish a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a political…
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