Marta Brigida Melgar De Torres v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1999-08-19

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Judge KEARSE dissents in a separate opinion. STEIN, District Judge: Petitioner Marta Brígida Melgar de Torres, a citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her requests for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to section 309(c)(4) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act…

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