Legal Opinion
Iuliu Ioan Albu v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 2014No. 13-2864PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Iuliu loan Albu is a Romanian citizen who applied for asylum in the United States in 2003. His application would have been deficient in a number of ways, but at the prompting of his attorney he decided to solve that problem by papering over his shortcomings with lies. When his deceit came to light, he found himself on the business end of 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6), which makes any person who files a frivolous asylum application permanently ineligible for any immigration benefits whatsoever. He was placed in removal proceedings, and in due course both the Immigration…
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