In re J-B-N- & S-M-

Author: U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals
Document source:

United States Board of Immigration Appeals
Date:
25 June 2007

In this section

Appeal dismissed.

Author

U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals

Title

In re J-B-N- & S-M-

Document source

United States Board of Immigration Appeals

Date

25 June 2007

Document number

24 I&N Dec. 208 (BIA 2007)

Document type

Collection

Country

United States of America (the)

Rwanda

Keywords

Deportation / Forcible return

Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

Grounds for persecution

Persecution based on nationality

Social group persecution

Comments:

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.

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