Legal Opinion
Emil Roman and Dochita Roman, 1 v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 2000No. 99-3510PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Emil Roman and his wife Dochita are Romanian natives and citizens who seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision to deny their application for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) § 208(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), and for withholding of deportation pursuant to INA § 243(h), 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h). Mr. Roman claims that he and his wife are unable to return to Romania because he has suffered, and will continue to suffer, political persecution from former members of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Communist regime who now hold positions of power in…
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