Hassan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
571 F.3d 631 · 2009
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1187 (§ 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Georgis v. Ashcroft · Balogun v. Ashcroft · Ciorba v. Ashcroft · Kadia v. Gonzales
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“We also credit the agency’s reliance on Hassan’s travel through several coun tries prior to arriving in the United States. In two of these countries, Yemen and Italy, Hassan remained for at least two months without seeking asylum. As stated by the IJ, after living in Djibouti for eighteen years without harm from the Ethiopian government, Hassan’s departure' and passage through several countries was more consistent with a desire to settle in the United States than a fear for his life. Although we do not say that failure to seek asylum in intermediate countries is always inconsistent with a fear of persecution, in this case, it was one of several “relevant factors” that the agency could consider in finding Hassan’s testimony incredible. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b)(1)(B)(iii); cf. Tarraf [v. Gonzalez ], 495 F.3d [525, 534 (7th Cir.2007),] (recognizing that return travel to the country of persecution may be a factor weighing against an applicant’s credible fear of persecution); Balogun v. Ashcroft, 374 F.3d 492 , 500-01 (7th Cir.2004) (upholding an adverse credibility determination based in part on the applicant’s multiple prior trips to the United States and the United Kingdom without seeking asylum).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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