Ai Feng Yuan v. United States Department of Justice, Song Qi Huang v. United States Department of Justice

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2005-07-26

Cited by 164 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

MESKILL, Circuit Judge. By law, immigrants persecuted under coercive family planning policies in their native countries may seek asylum in the United States. So may their spouses. These cases require us to determine whether the parents and parents-in-law of people so persecuted may likewise seek asylum. We hold that they may not: A parent or parent-in-law of a person subject to a…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.