Legal Opinion
Maria Nelly Gonzalez and Karen Jordana Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 29, 1996No. 95-1451PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners Maria Gonzalez and her minor daughter, Karen, are natives and citizens of Nicaragua. They fled Nicaragua in March 1989 when the Sandinista-controlled government was in power and subsequently sought asylum in this country. They were denied asylum, and an additional request for withholding of deportation, after a hearing by an immigration judge who found that Maria did not have a well-founded fear that she would be persecuted if she returned to Nicaragua. They appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals which agreed with the immigration judge and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Gonzalo Rivera-Cruz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Hasan Balazoski v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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