Amicy v. Ashcroft

Hermase Amicy petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her motion to reopen her immigration proceedings. We deny the petition.

Amicy, a native and citizen of Haiti, entered the United States illegally in 1991. Nine years later, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) 1 initiated removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A)(i) (governing aliens present in the United States without admission or parole). Conceding removability, Amicy applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on the persecution that she allegedly had suffered…