Legal Opinion
Wisam Yousif v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2015No. 14-3507PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Wisam Yousif is a native and citizen of Iraq and a Chaldean Christian. After entering the United States, Yousif filed an application for asylum and withholding of removal in May 2007. The immigration judge (“IJ”) adjudicated the claims four years later, in December 2011. By that time, respondent attorney general conceded that conditions in Iraq for Chaldean Christians were so turbulent that Yousif was entitled to withholding of removal because there was a clear probability that he would be persecuted based on his religion if he was returned to Iraq.…
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