Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2002-11-04

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*13 Per Curiam. Federal statutes authorize the Attorney General, in his discretion, to grant asylum to an alien who demonstrates “persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of . . . [a] political opinion,” and they require the Attorney General to withhold deportation where the alien’s “li…

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