Hekmat Wadih Mikhael v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1997-06-04

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STEWART, Circuit Judge: Hekmat Wadih Mikhael (“Mikhael”) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA” or “the Board”) affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“U”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. After a careful review of the record, the briefs and the arguments of counsel, we VACATE the decision of the BIA and REMAND with instructions to reconsider Mikhael’s asylum and withholding of d…

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