Legal Opinion
Scatambuli v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 25, 2009No. 08-1584PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Julio and Geliane Scatambuli, natives and citizens of Brazil, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s denial of their application for asylum and withholding of removal.
The Scatambulis arrived in the United States with false visas, obtained through an illegal alien smuggling operation, and upon their detention by U.S. immigration authorities, provided information to authorities regarding the smuggling ring. Petitioners then sought asylum protection and withholding of removal based on their claimed fear of persecution for their status as “government…
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