Gaitan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.3d 678 · 2012
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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))
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Most-quoted passages
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“'[P]ersons resistant to gang violence' are too diffuse to be recognized as a particular social group.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“young males from El Salvador who have been subjected to recruitment” by gangs and who”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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