Legal Opinion
A-G
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1987No. ID 3040PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3040 MATTER OF A-G- In Deportation Proceedings A-26851062 Decided by Board December 28, 1987 (1) The respondent's government has the same right as other governments to re- quire military service and to enforce that requirement with reasonable penalties; and, therefore, the exercise of that sovereign right does not constitute persecution. (2) Persecution for failure to serve in the military may be established in those rare cases where a disproportionately severe punishment would result on account of one of the five grounds enumerated in section 101(aX42XA) of the Immigration…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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