Legal Opinion
Sulaiman v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 2005No. 04-2734PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a Kurdish Syrian who came to the United States 17 years ago and has been living here illegally ever since. Notwithstanding his long residence in the United States,-the Department of Homeland Security is endeavoring to remove him to Syria. Finding no error by the Board of Immigration Appeals in rejecting his claim for relief from removal, we deny his petition for review.
I. Background
The IJ who heard Adnan Sulaimaris case found his testimony to be credible. We therefore take his assertions before the IJ as true in setting forth the facts of the…
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