Luz Marina Cardoza-Fonseca v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Francisca Rosa Arguello-Salguera v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1985-08-23

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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: In both these cases the Board of Immigration Appeals applied an incorrect legal standard when it determined that the petitioners failed to establish their eligibility for asylum under section 208(a) of the Refugee Act of 1980, 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a) (1982). Rather than applyi…

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