Legal Opinion
S-M-J
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1997No. ID 3303PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3303 In re S-M-J-, Applicant Decided January 31, 1997 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) General background information about a country, where available, must be included in the record as a foundation for an applicant’s claim of asylum and withholding of deportation. (2) Where the record contains general country condition information and an applicant’s claim relies primarily on personal experiences not reasonably subject to verification, corroborat- ing documentary evidence of the asylum applicant’s particular…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- Campbell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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