Legal Opinion
Rodriguez-Villar v. Barr
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 11, 2019No. 18-1861PPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It is bad enough when acts in the nature of persecution are employed to chill the free expression of political opinion. It exacerbates the problem though, when a reviewing tribunal turns such acts upside down and heralds their chilling effect as "proof" that no likelihood of persecution exists. Because the agency's decision in this case rests upon just such an error, we grant the petition for judicial review, vacate the decision below, and remand for further proceedings.
The petitioner, Flemi Barnodis Rodríguez-Villar, is a Dominican national. The immigration judge (IJ)…
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