Legal Opinion
E-A-G
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2008No. ID 3618PublishedCited by 87 opinions
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24 I&N Dec. 591
(BIA 2008) Interim Decision #3618 Matter of E-A-G-, Respondent Decided July 30, 2008 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) The respondent, a young Honduran male, failed to establish that he was a member of a particular social group of “persons resistant to gang membership,” as the evidence failed to establish that members of Honduran society, or even gang members themselves, would perceive those opposed to gang membership as members of a social group. (2) Because membership in a criminal gang cannot constitute…
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