INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

INS v. Abudu

Holding that the BIA may deny a motion to reopen if "the movant has not established a prima facie case for the underlying substantive relief sought"

INS v. Stevic

Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang

Holding that where allegations are "unsupported by affidavit" they cannot support a motion to reopen because this would constitute a circumvention of the affidavit requirement in the regulations

Ohio Bell Tel. Co. v. Comm'n

Holding that a telephone company did not waive its right to have the value of its property determined upon evidence presented in open proceedings by not opposing consolidation of two proceedings, and noting that "[w]e do not presume acquiescence in the loss of fundamental rights"

Kaczmarczyk v. I.N.S.

Holding that it was not error for the BIA to take notice of changed conditions in a country and to base its findings on State Department advisory opinions, to which "we give considerable weight"

Kapcia v. I.N.S.

Holding that there was substantial evidence to support a finding of no persecution when an alien was detained, beaten, and interrogated, his parents' home was searched, and he was mistreated at work prior to being conscripted into the military and harassed

Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Dept. of Imm. Nat

Holding that an alien failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution where the person who had threatened the alien was deceased

M.A. v. U.S. I.N.S.

Finding that alien's "own allegations make clear that his fear is grounded in nothing more than the generally violent conditions extant in El Salvador" and rejecting the notion that assertions of "general violence alone can satisfy the requirement of an individualized threat of persecution"

Janusiak v. U.S. I.N.S.

Rejecting claim of persecution based on prosecution for bribing passport officials

Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1251 - Transferred

Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

Section 208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility

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

Section 208.4 - Filing the application

Recognizing "ineffective assistance of counsel" as one "extraordinary circumstance" and setting forth the requirements

Section 103.5 - Reopening or reconsideration

Authorizing officers to exercise their discretion to excuse untimely filing of motion to reopen or reconsider where movant demonstrates that delay was reasonable and beyond the movant's control

Section 208.11 - Comments from the Department of State

Section 208.1 - General

Stating that "[t]his part shall apply to all applications for asylum and withholding of deportation that are filed on or after October 1, 1990"