Legal Opinion
Manuel Jorge-Tzoc v. Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 18, 2006No. Docket 04-1738-AGPublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Per curiam
Manuel Jorge-Tzoc petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that affirmed without opinion an order of an immigration judge (“IJ”). Although the order under review denied asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture, Jorge-Tzoc limits his claims of error to the IJ’s denial of asylum.
At a hearing before the IJ, Jorge-Tzoc testified that he and his family are Mayan Indians who have been singled out by the government of Guatemala for persecution. In 1982, when Tzoc was approximately seven years old, his sister, her…
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