Legal Opinion
Mirzoyan v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 2006No. Docket No. 05-0866-AG NACPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
In this case, the petitioner’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal were denied, in part, because Immigration Judge Barbara A. Nelson (“the IJ”) concluded that the economic mistreatment the petitioner claims to have suffered in her native country does not constitute “persecution” under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) has not clearly identified the statutory construction of the word “persecution” it applies when assessing claims of economic persecution. We remand so that *219the BIA may address this important question.
BACKGROUND
Serine Mirzoyan…
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