Venturini v. Mukasey

PER CURIAM: *

Gilberto Jose Venturini (“Venturini”), a native and citizen of Venezuela, has filed a petition for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA denied his motion to remand to the immigration judge (IJ), and affirmed and adopted the IJ’s opinion finding Venturini ineligible for asylum or withholding of removal. 1 The BIA also determined that the hearing before the IJ did not violate Ven-turini’s right to due process. For the following reasons, we deny the petition.

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Venturini claims that the Venezuelan government under President Hugo Chavez persecuted him…