Vahora v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.3d 1038 · 2011
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9 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Ramadan v. Gonzales · Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Naseem Salman al-Harbi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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“[T]he exception is intended to deal with circumstances that changed after the applicant entered the United States that are relevant to the applicant’s eligibility for asylum. The changed circumstances provision will deal with situations like those in which the situation in the alien’s home country may have changed, [or] the applicant obtains more information about likely retribution he or she might face if the applicant returned home.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zambrano v. Sessions · Yang v. Barr“does [not] preclude an individual who has always feared persecution from seeking asylum because the risk of that persecution increases.... An applicant is not required to file for asylum when his claim appears to him to be weak; rather he may wait until circumstances change and the new facts make it substantially more likely that his claim will entitle him to relief. In such cases, we may recognize changed circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress's paramount objective in enacting the one-year bar was to prevent fraudulent claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Yang v. Barr
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