Sesay v. Attorney General of the United States

OPINION

KRAUSE, Circuit Judge:

In the midst of Sierra Leone’s catastrophic civil war, Musa Sesay was forced to provide assistance to a terrorist group while facing regular beatings and the barrel of a gun. He resisted when possible and escaped when he could. In short, he was himself a victim of terrorist violence, and, to the extent he provided any aid to the group, he did so under duress. However, because the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) concluded that there was no duress exception to the bar on asylum or withholding of removal for aliens who provide material support to terrorist…