Legal Opinion
Kadia v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2007No. 06-1299PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner sought asylum in the United States on the ground that if he is returned to Cameroon, his native country, he is likely to be persecuted because of his political opinions. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the immigration judge’s denial of asylum, agreeing that the judge was entitled to disbelieve the petitioner. The petitioner testified that when living in Cameroon he was politically active in parties that advocate (but do not attempt to achieve by violence or other unlawful means) secession of the southern part of the country, see, e.g., Piet…
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