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In re J-W-S

6 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,410 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  2. Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals

    437 F.3d 270 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 858 times
    Holding that a petitioner cannot "seek[] to reopen . . . due to circumstances entirely of his own making after being ordered to leave the United States"

  3. Huang v. U.S.I.N.S.

    421 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2005)   Cited 744 times
    Holding that "[i]n the absence of solid support in the record" an alien's "fear is speculative at best"

  4. Shou Yung Guo v. Gonzales

    463 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 211 times
    Holding that the BIA has “a duty to explicitly consider any country conditions evidence submitted by an applicant that materially bears on his claim,” and a “similar, if not greater, duty arises in the context of motions to reopen based on changed country conditions”

  5. Chen v. U.S. I.N.S.

    195 F.3d 198 (4th Cir. 1999)   Cited 125 times
    Holding that the petitioners must show that they have been "individually targeted for coercive enforcement of the `one child' program or that [they] belong to some subgroup, such as those residing in a particular province or region, against whom coercive enforcement of the `one child' program remains systematic"

  6. Yang v. McElroy

    277 F.3d 158 (2d Cir. 2002)   Cited 103 times
    Holding that remand is the proper course for handling a case where the factual record is incomplete