Legal Opinion
Siphathiso Mabasa, Maureen Mabasa, and Sinobukhosi Mabasa v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 2006No. 04-4144PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Siphathiso Mabasa, a teacher from Zimbabwe, applied for asylum on behalf of himself and his wife and daughter, Maureen and Sinobukhosi Mabasa. The Maba-sas request review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order affirming the denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). For the reasons set *743forth in this opinion, we affirm the decision of the BIA.
I. Background
The Mabasas are natives and citizens of Zimbabwe. Siphathiso Mabasa entered the United States as a nonimmigrant…
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