Legal Opinion
Rui Yang v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2011No. 10-60745PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Rui Yang petitions for review of an order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Yang, a citizen of China, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), on the grounds that he fears persecution if he returns to China because his family practices Falun Gong. The immigration judge (“IJ”) denied Yang’s application and the BIA dismissed his appeal of the denial. We DENY the petition for review.
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Rui Yang arrived in the United States on September 2, 1998, on a J-l visa to participate in a…
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