Immigration
Jan. 14, 2010
Asylum Allowed For Whistle Blowers
The 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals reversed an immigration court and found whistle blowing against government corruption is grounds for asylum.
By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals reversed an immigration court and found whistle blowing against government corruption is grounds for asylum.
Writing for a three-judge panel, Judge Harry Pregerson wrote that an Armenian businessman at the heart of the case was "threatened, harassed, fined, detained and beaten," because he refused to pay bribes to a government official in ...
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