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Immigration

Aug. 15, 2007

Panel Faults Immigration Judge for Turning Away Iraqi Couple

A San Diego immigration judge's asylum denial to an Iraqi Christian couple was "arbitrary and irrational," a divided federal appellate panel concluded Monday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A San Diego immigration judge's asylum denial to an Iraqi Christian couple was "arbitrary and irrational," a divided federal appellate panel concluded Monday.
      The couple's treatment by immigration authorities may have been influenced by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the panel majority suggested in pointing out that weeks prior to attacks off...

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