In re W-Y-C

15 Cited authorities

  1. Reyes v. Lynch

    842 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2016)   Cited 642 times
    Holding that the BIA's articulation of the social group requirement was reasonable
  2. Eduard v. Ashcroft

    379 F.3d 182 (5th Cir. 2004)   Cited 300 times
    Holding harassment, threats, and an incident of minor violence do not constitute past persecution for an asylum claim
  3. Paloka v. Holder

    762 F.3d 191 (2d Cir. 2014)   Cited 183 times
    Holding that we "review de novo the legal determination of whether a group constitutes a 'particular social group'"
  4. Valdiviezo-Galdamez v. Attorney Gen. of the United States

    663 F.3d 582 (3d Cir. 2011)   Cited 124 times
    Holding that members of a particular social group must "share a common, immutable characteristic that group members either cannot change or should not have to change because the characteristic is fundamental"
  5. De La Cruz v. Lynch

    819 F.3d 784 (5th Cir. 2016)   Cited 73 times
    Recognizing that unpublished cases are persuasive authority
  6. Torres de la Cruz v. Maurer

    483 F.3d 1013 (10th Cir. 2007)   Cited 78 times
    Holding that petitioner's general assertions in motion to reopen were not sufficient to exhaust "specific issue" for which he sought review from this court when it had not been presented to the BIA for consideration
  7. Sanchez-Robles v. Lynch

    808 F.3d 688 (6th Cir. 2015)   Cited 55 times
    Holding that "objections to the agency's weighing of the facts [in the denial of statutory withholding of removal are] not within our jurisdiction to review"
  8. Claudio v. Holder

    601 F.3d 316 (5th Cir. 2010)   Cited 56 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Following Abebe
  9. Pinos-Gonzalez v. Mukasey

    519 F.3d 436 (8th Cir. 2008)   Cited 46 times
    Holding that the BIA may apply a waiver rule to issues not raised before the IJ
  10. Valdiviezo-Galdamez v. Att. Gen. of U.S.

    502 F.3d 285 (3d Cir. 2007)   Cited 41 times
    Finding IJ's decision inadequate because it did not address asylum applicant's ground for persecution by name and because actual analysis of whether persecution had nexus to protected ground was conclusory
  11. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,711 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"