Legal Opinion
Bajram Begzatowski v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 2002No. 01-2225PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Bajram Begzatowski seeks review of an adverse decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA” or “Board”) denying his requests for asylum and withholding of deportation. 1 For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we grant the petition for review, reverse the judgment of the BIA and remand for further consideration.
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BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Mr. Begzatowski is an ethnic Albanian from Kicevo, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (“Macedonia”). He attended school in Kicevo until the eighth grade. At that time, all of the Albanian schools were…
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