Mexico

This case presents us with a simple question: do non-citizens subject to expedited removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1228 have a statutory right to counsel in reasonable fear proceedings before immigration judges? The answer, based on the plain language of § 1228, is yes.

20 August 2019 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Legal representation / Legal aid - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

22 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

13 May 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - El Salvador - Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Well-founded fear of persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

31 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Comment/Note in: Harvard Law Review, Volume 114, June 2001, No. 8, p. 2569-2575.

24 August 2000 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Heard: February 23, 1999. Judgment: February 26, 1999. 7 pp.

26 February 1999 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico