Petitioner challenged the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, which reversed the ruling of an immigration judge who ruled that petitioner, a Nigerian citizen, had a well-founded fear of future persecution and granted petitioner’s application for asylum. Where threats ...

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The Board of Immigration Appeals denied petitioner’s asylum application after an immigration judge found petitioner’s allegations of political persecution by Cameroonian officials and statements to U.S. consular officials regarding his family situation to be not credible. The BIA further concluded ...

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Degbe v. Sessions (MLW No. 71986/Case No. 17-1338 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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