Legal Opinion
Maricella Onsongo v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2006No. 05-3926PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Maricella Bosibore Onsongo, a citizen of Kenya, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Onsongo’s application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Onsongo submitted the application after the Immigration and Naturalization Ser*850vice (“INS”)1 charged her with being removable for overstaying a 2001 visitor’s visa. For the reasons discussed below, we deny Onsongo’s petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Onsongo was the sole witness to testify before the…
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