Legal Opinion
Roberto Ferrer Miranda Alvarado Madeleine Janet Morales Lopez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2006No. 03-70165PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
We apply a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that forbids the granting of asylum and withholding of removal to individuals who participate in the persecution of others on a protected ground, even if they themselves have a well-founded fear of persecution should they return. Roberto Ferrer Miranda Alvarado (“Miranda”) sought asylum and withholding of removal, but an Immigration Judge (IJ) held that Miranda was barred from relief because he had “assisted in the persecution of others ... on account of their political opinion.” See 8 U.S.C. §§…
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