Legal Opinion
Chelvadurai Sivaainkaran v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1992No. 91-2728PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Chelvadurai Sivaainkaran asks us to set aside a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1153(h). For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we deny the petition for review.
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Sivaainkaran is a 30-year old citizen of Sri Lanka, an island nation off the coast of India which has been embroiled for decades in an ethno-religious conflict between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese. See generally William McGowan, Only Man is Vile: The Tragedy of Sri…
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