Petitioner petitioned for review of a final order of removal, which denied her application for asylum and withholding of removal. After being convicted of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, petitioner unsuccessfully attempted to resist removal by arguing that her ...

Tagged with: asylum Evidence of Eligibility Withholding of Removal

Petitioner, a citizen of Guatemala, petitioned for review of the denial of her request for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and for protection under the Convention Against Torture. After unlawfully reentering the United States, petitioner was ...

Tagged with: Convention Against Torture Removal Withholding of Removal

Petitioner sought withholding of removal, claiming he feared persecution due to his family membership, alleging that an uncle had been kidnapped and extorted while a cousin was killed for refusing extortion demands from gangs in Mexico. The Immigration Judge ruled ...

Tagged with: Fear Of Persecution Membership in Social Group Withholding of Removal

Petitioner, individually and on behalf of her minor son, petitioned for review of an order that dismissed her appeal from an immigration judge that denied her asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Where petitioner failed ...

Tagged with: asylum Well-Founded Fear of Future Persecution Withholding of Removal

Petitioner sought review of an order dismissing their appeal from the decision of an Immigration Judge that denied petitioners’ request for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, and from the denial of their motion to ...

Tagged with: asylum Motion to Reopen Proceedings Withholding of Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of the Bureau of Immigration Appeals’ order that dismissed petitioner’s appeal of an immigration judge’s decision denying petitioner asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Where petitioner failed to show he was ...

Tagged with: asylum Evidence of Persecution Withholding of Removal

Petitioner sought review of the denial of her request for asylum and withholding of removal. An immigration judge concluded that, while petitioner’s allegations about her time in her native Honduras were credible, she failed to show that the government is ...

Tagged with: asylum Credible Fear of Persecution Withholding of Removal

Petitioner fled to the United States as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to an ongoing war. Petitioner was charged with being removable due to burglary and firearms convictions. An IJ rejected petitioner’s request for adjustment ...

Tagged with: adjustment of status asylum Withholding of Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of the dismissal of her appeal of an order denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture after an immigration judge found petitioner not credible in her testimony that ...

Tagged with: asylum Credibility Determinations Withholding of Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of an order dismissing his appeal from the decision of an immigration judge denying petitioner asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Where there was no basis for reversal, the court denied ...

Tagged with: Convention Against Torture Denial Of Asylum Withholding of Removal

Petitioner petitioned for review of the BIA’s dismissal of his appeal of an IJ’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Where the issues raised by petitioner were not administratively exhausted, the court lacked ...

Tagged with: asylum Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Withholding of Removal