Jie Lin v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate ·

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Your honor, I believe that we do have a strong case, but, regarding (indiscernible) that his family suffered persecution because of their violation of the family planning policy and the parents ran away from home (indiscernible) leaving the respondent (indiscernible) grandparents. Even after that, they didn’t have any (indiscernible). (Indiscernible) request for the fíne and he couldn’t go to school. I (indiscernible) he will, he will be (indiscernible) one of the (indiscernible) grounds for asylum (indiscernible) eligible to be a refugee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jie Lin v. Ashcroft

2. “asylum” claim, except where context makes further specification necessary. 2 . The government argues that a passage in a hearing transcript shows that Lin admitted having recently spoken to counsel. The transcript is ambiguous, but the statement appears to have been made by someone other than Lin. 3 . Publications in the record describe the population control policy applied to Fujian Province as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jie Lin v. Ashcroft

3. “[w]here family membership is proposed as the “particular social group” status supporting a claim of refugee status, this prong of the test melds with the “on account of’ prong. Where family membership is a sufficiently strong and discernible bond that it becomes the foreseeable basis for personal persecution, the family qualifies as a “social group.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas v. Ashcroft