Matter of Ismael Lopez-Aldana
15 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Appeal / Right to appeal - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Jurisdiction | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America |
Matter of A-T-
4 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Mali - United States of America |
Matter of Martinez-Montalvo
20 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration law - Jurisdiction - Refugee / Asylum law - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Cuba - United States of America |
Matter of F-P-R-
5 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Re-entry | Countries: Mexico - United States of America |
Matter of M-F-W- & L-G-
5 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America |
Matter of Felix Rotimi
30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: United States of America |
In re J-B-N- & S-M-
Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution. 25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America |
In re T-Z-
9 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Family reunification - One-child policy / Family planning - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United States of America |
In re S-L-L-
The holdings in this case were overruled by the decision of the Attorney General in: Matter of J-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 520 (A.G. 2008). 19 September 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: China - United States of America |
In re C-A-
(1) The members of a particular social group must share a common, immutable characteristic, which may be an innate one, such as sex, color, or kinship ties, or a shared past experience, such as former military leadership or land ownership, but it must be one that members of the group either cannot change, or should not be required to change,
because it is fundamental to their individual identities or consciences. Matter of Acosta, 19 I&N Dec. 211(BIA 1985), followed.
15 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America |