Brian D. Lerner Immigration Attorney & Deportation Lawyer Blog

Where husband and wife appealed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision denying their petitions for asylum and withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture, and husband’s petition for review was deemed moot after he died, court of appeals retained jurisdiction to consider wife’s derivative petition because there could be collateral consequences if it was dismissed. Wife’s derivative claim failed because substantial evidence supported immigration judge’s adverse credibility finding against husband where his application and attached declaration were inconsistent–with one stating that he was a Hindu who feared violence by Muslims and the other stating that he was a Muslim who feared violence by Hindus–and where husband’s omission of details was misleading in light of his later claims

The BIA

Board of immigration appeals

Appeal to BIA

BIA issues two crime related decisions

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