Legal Opinion
Walled Agha v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 19, 2014No. 12-3640PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, District Judge.
Walled Mazin Agha (Agha) and his wife, Gina Magigi Agha, 2 petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed the denial of Agha’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.
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Agha, a man of Palestinian origin, was born in Lebanon in 1973 after his family fled Palestine in 1948. He came to the United States in December 1998 on a visitor visa, with permission to stay until June 28, 1999. Agha remained in the United States beyond the authorized time,…
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