Legal Opinion
Escobar v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 2012No. 11-2086PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Luis Escobar, a citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his applications for asylum, statutory withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. In June 1989 Escobar, then age 18, arrived in the United States. Four years later, he applied for asylum, asserting that he had fled his native country due to political persecution after Guatemalan police had accused him of being a “guerrilla sympathizer.”
In March 2006, after the Department of Homeland Security began removal proceedings…
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