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Immigration: Asylum-Removal-Social Group
Staff Report//November 13, 2023//
Listen to this articleWhere a petitioner sought review of a decision upholding the denial of asylum and the withholding of removal, the Board of Immigration Appeals did not err in determining that the petitioner failed to establish membership in a particular social group, and the petition for review is denied.
Petition denied.
Garcia-Zelaya v. Garland (MLW No. 80711Case No. 23-1085 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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