Legal Opinion
Jin Yi Liao v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 4, 2009No. Docket 07-3146-agPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners Jin Yi Liao and Xiao Zhi Wu, mother and son, petition from the June 25, 2007 order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing their appeal and affirming the decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) William Jankun, who denied their applications for asylum and withholding of removal. Petitioner Liao applied for asylum based on political persecution, alleging that she left China when family planning authorities threatened forcibly to abort her pregnancy. She first fled to the Dominican Republic, and there gave birth to her son, Xiao Zhi Wu, who is…
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