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In the Matter of Chang

15 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,407 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  2. United States v. Lee

    455 U.S. 252 (1982)   Cited 587 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Amish taxpayers cannot avoid payment of social security taxes under the First Amendment based on religious objections to participation in the social security system

  3. Accardi v. Shaughnessy

    347 U.S. 260 (1954)   Cited 891 times
    Holding that Board of Immigration Appeals was required to follow its own regulations in deciding whether to suspend deportation

  4. U.S. v. Merkt

    794 F.2d 950 (5th Cir. 1986)   Cited 105 times
    Holding facts concerning voluntariness of witnesses's testimony did not warrant evidentiary hearing

  5. Guevara Flores v. I.N.S.

    786 F.2d 1242 (5th Cir. 1986)   Cited 44 times
    Reviewing requirements for asylum

  6. Blanco-Comarribas v. I.N.S.

    830 F.2d 1039 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 31 times
    Holding that fear is "well-founded" if there is "[e]ven a ten percent chance that the occurrence will take place"

  7. Carcamo-Flores v. I.N.S.

    805 F.2d 60 (2d Cir. 1986)   Cited 23 times
    In Carcamo-Flores, however, we considered this same argument and rejected it. Where the BIA expresses the view that the asylum and withholding standards are not meaningfully different, we held, the incantation in a conclusory paragraph of various formulations of less exacting standards is inadequate to overcome the inference that the BIA applied the incorrect standard.

  8. Rebollo-Jovel v. I.N.S.

    794 F.2d 441 (9th Cir. 1986)   Cited 23 times
    In Rebollo-Jovel v. INS, 794 F.2d 441 (9th Cir. 1986) we said that the petitioner failed to qualify for political asylum because nothing in the record indicated that Jovel's interrogation by policemen and threatening notes left on his car were politically motivated, or that they evidenced anything more than general conditions of unrest and violence in El Salvador.

  9. Young v. United States Dept. of Justice, I.N.S.

    759 F.2d 450 (5th Cir. 1985)   Cited 18 times
    Holding that BIA refusals to reopen bond determinations are not reviewable under § 1105a

  10. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,688 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,655 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  12. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,159 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  13. Section 2151n - Human rights and development assistance

    22 U.S.C. § 2151n   Cited 9 times
    Stating that State Department country reports shall provide "a full and complete report" of "the status of internationally recognized human rights" and, "wherever applicable, violations of religious freedom"

  14. Section 2.1 - Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security

    8 C.F.R. § 2.1   Cited 138 times
    Delegating the regulation-making authority of the Attorney General to the Commissioner of the INS

  15. Section 208.5 - Special duties toward aliens in custody of DHS

    8 C.F.R. § 208.5   Cited 42 times

    (a)General. When an alien in the custody of DHS requests asylum or withholding of removal, or expresses a fear of persecution or harm upon return to his or her country of origin or to agents thereof, DHS shall make available the appropriate application forms and shall provide the applicant with the information required by section 208(d)(4) of the Act, including in the case of an alien who is in custody with a positive credible fear or reasonable fear determination under 8 CFR 208.30 or 208.31 , and