Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2007-07-16

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CALABRESI, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: What is remarkable about this case is that essentially everyone on this court agrees that IIRIRA § 601(a), codified at 8 U.S.C. § 110 l(a)(42)(B), cannot be read to grant per se asylum to spouses. This is remarkable because it is in direct conflict with every other circuit, the BIA, and ten ye…

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