U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
May 9, 2014
9th Circuit loosens asylum standards
A Guatemala man who persuaded his younger brother to defect from the feared and violent Mara Salvatrucha gang led a federal appellate panel on Wednesday to clarify how immigration authorities must deal with such cases.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Guatemala man who persuaded his younger brother to defect from the feared and violent Mara Salvatrucha gang led a federal appellate panel on Wednesday to clarify how immigration authorities must deal with such cases.
Gang members severely beat Oliverto Pirir-Boc and threatened him with death. He fled to the U.S., still suffering from his injuries, where a San Francisco immigration judge granted him a...
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