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In re Y-B

21 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Elias-Zacarias

    502 U.S. 478 (1992)   Cited 5,132 times
    Holding that central to the asylum statute is that persecution must be on account of a statutorily protected ground, making the assailant's "motive critical"

  2. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,395 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  3. INS v. Stevic

    467 U.S. 407 (1984)   Cited 921 times
    Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

  4. Sangha v. Immigration Natural. Ser

    103 F.3d 1482 (9th Cir. 1997)   Cited 499 times
    Holding that the petitioner had been persecuted by a terrorist group that the government of India could not control

  5. Lopez-Reyes v. I.N.S.

    79 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 203 times
    Holding that petitioner's failure to file an application that was "as complete as might be desired, cannot, without more, serve as a basis for a finding of lack of credibility," and that "[i]t is well settled that an applicant's testimony is not per se lacking in credibility simply because it includes details that are not set forth in the asylum application."

  6. Osorio v. I.N.S.

    18 F.3d 1017 (2d Cir. 1994)   Cited 196 times
    Holding that support for unions and economic rights for workers constituted a political opinion in Guatemala

  7. Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. I.N.S.

    914 F.2d 1375 (9th Cir. 1990)   Cited 201 times
    Holding that the omission of two collateral incidents is insufficient to support an adverse credibility determination where "there were no contradictions between the information set forth in the application and his testimony"

  8. Turcios v. I.N.S.

    821 F.2d 1396 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 115 times
    Holding that, although untrue statements on an application are not reason alone to refuse refugee status, "it is the examiner's responsibility to evaluate such statements in the light of all the circumstances of the case"

  9. Rodriguez-Roman v. INS

    98 F.3d 416 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 68 times
    Holding that prosecution for illegal departure can constitute persecution if the punishment is motivated by the alien's political opinion and the punishment is severe

  10. Marquez v. Immigration Naturalization Serv

    105 F.3d 374 (7th Cir. 1997)   Cited 57 times
    Finding that an alien failed to show a well-founded fear of persecution where he returned to the Philippines on two occasions following his alleged persecution and remained for long periods of time without incident

  11. Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1252   Cited 42,687 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,465 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  13. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,155 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  14. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,166 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"

  15. Section 1254 - Repealed

    8 U.S.C. § 1254   Cited 1,130 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Describing suspension-of-deportation eligibility

  16. Section 208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 208.13   Cited 1,776 times
    Recognizing that applicant can meet burden for well-founded fear of persecution by demonstrating a reasonable possibility of persecution against himself as an individual or a pattern or practice of persecution against persons in a group to which he belongs