Legal Opinion
Urgilez Mendez v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 2018No. 18-1314PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Jaime Eduardo Urgilez Mendez, is an Ecuadorian national. He seeks judicial review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his application for asylum. After careful consideration, we deny his petition.
The relevant facts are straightforward. On April 19, 2013, the petitioner entered the United States illegally at Laredo, Texas. In short order, the Department of Homeland Security initiated removal proceedings against him. The petitioner conceded removability and applied for asylum. He premised his asylum application on a claim that he…
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