Jenica Borca v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Jenica Borca, a citizen of Romania, appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which affirmed the Immigration Judge’s finding of deportability. Borca, who legally entered the United States with a visitor’s visa, had filed an administrative application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The BIA rejected Borca’s petition after concluding that Borca had failed to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. For the reasons given below, we affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Borca…