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For Asylum Purposes, Persecution Because A Person Has “Membership In A Particular Social Group” May Include The Person’s Family.

January 19, 2016 by

asylum social group status

asylum relief, a petitioner is required to establish refugee status, i.e., that he is an alien unwilling or unable to return home “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”

Filed Under: Immigration Law News, Legal News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Law News Tagged With: 12-72551

No Asylum For Abused Gay Man.

January 1, 2016 by

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A man brought a petition for review of an immigration board’s denial of asylum to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals under the Convention Against Torture [CAT] based on his sexual orientation and HIV-positive status. The man testified he was raped and otherwise sexually abused by his uncle, his cousins and a neighbor, and that his abusers referred to him using homophobic slurs, telling him they were abusing him because he was gay.

Filed Under: Civil Rights Law News, Immigration Law News, Legal News, LGBT Law News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Law News Tagged With: 805 F.3d 1171

Denial Of Asylum In The U.S.

June 15, 2015 by

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To establish eligibility for asylum in the United States, a petitioner must prove that he or she is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of origin because of persecution or a well-founded fear “on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a political social group, or political opinion” [8 U.S.C. §§ […]

Filed Under: Immigration Law News, Legal News

Judgment In Personal Injury Case Reversed After Trial Judge Told Jury Plaintiff Was An Undocumented Immigrant.

May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In a lawsuit involving a rare lung disease allegedly caused by a toxic workplace substance, one of the elements of damages was the cost of a future lung transplant. In a motion in limine, the plaintiff sought an order prohibiting the defense from mentioning he was an undocumented immigrant. The defense argued that since plaintiff might […]

Filed Under: Appellate Law News, Evidentiary Law News, Immigration Law News, Legal News, Trial Law News

Abandoned Alien Child.

April 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment

An abandoned, neglected or abused child who is not a citizen of the USA may be found to be a special immigrant juvenile [SIJ] which may serve as a first step in filing for citizenship in the USA. (8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(27)(J)). These children no longer need be under foster care, as was previously […]

Filed Under: Appellate Law News, Children Law News, Immigration Law News, Legal News

Wards Qualify For Status As Special Immigrant Juveniles Under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 602 As Well As Dependents Under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300.

April 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Petitioner in a writ of mandate proceeding was born in Mexico in 1995,brought to the United States by his mother when he was five years old and never returned to Mexico. Three years later, his mother abandoned him; she died in 2010. He got in trouble with the law, was declared a ward of the juvenile […]

Filed Under: Appellate Law News, Children Law News, Immigration Law News, Legal News

First Case Of The Year Grants Admission Of Undocumented Immigrant To The State Bar.

February 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment

An undocumented immigrant’s [the California Supreme Court said its use of this term refers to a person who is not a U.S. citizen and who is in the U.S. but who lacks the immigration status required by federal law to be lawfully present in this country] name was submitted for admission to the California State Bar […]

Filed Under: California Supreme Court Law News, Immigration Law News, Legal News, State Bar Law News

Asylum Denied.

February 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment

A Chinese citizen testified in an immigration hearing she found she was pregnant with her second child one month after her husband’s death and was forced to have an abortion. She also testified that during a Christian service at her home in China, police raided her home and arrested her and the other home church attendants. […]

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Where Man Was Subjected To Persecution In Russia Because He Is Homosexual Ninth Circuit Grants Review In Case.

January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed a man’s appeal from an order denying his application for asylum.  He contends he has a wellfounded fear of future persecution if he is removed to Russia because he is a homosexual. The immigration judge had concluded the man did not carry his burden of demonstrating the Russian government was […]

Filed Under: Immigration Law News, Legal News, LGBT Law News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Law News

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