Legal Opinion

M-R-M-S

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided December 1, 2023No. ID 4068PublishedCited by 7 opinions

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28 I&N Dec. 757

(BIA 2023) Interim Decision #4068 Matter of M-R-M-S-, et al., Respondents Decided December 1, 2023 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals If a persecutor is targeting members of a certain family as a means of achieving some other ultimate goal unrelated to the protected ground, family membership is incidental or subordinate to that other ultimate goal and therefore not one central reason for the harm. Matter of L-E-A-,

27 I&N Dec. 40

(BIA 2017), reaffirmed. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Sergio Garcia, Esquire, West Valley…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Zetino v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  3. M-E-V-GBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2014
  4. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. BagamasbadSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. U. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLCSupreme Court of the United States · 2018

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