Hakim v. Holder

Filing 920100709

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = 'The Hon. David H. Souter, Associate Justice (Ret.) of the\
Supreme Court of the United States, sitting by designation.\
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var WPFootnote2 = 'These facts are drawn from the petitioner\'s testimony before the\
Immigration Judge ("IJ"), which the IJ deemed "convincing[]." See\
Decky v. Holder, 587 F.3d 104, 107 n.2 (1st Cir. 2009).\
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var WPFootnote3 = 'In a claim for asylum, "the petitioner carries the burden of\
proving that he qualifies as a refugee by showing either that he\
has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future\
persecution on the basis of \'race, religion, nationality,\
membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.\'" \
Journal v. Keisler, 507 F.3d 9, 12 (1st Cir. 2007) (quoting 8\
U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)).\
'

var WPFootnote4 = 'See Calcano-Martínez v. INS, 533 U.S. 348, 350 n.1 (2001)(noting\
that, in 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and\
Immigrant Responsibility Act, which replaced the term "deportation"\
with "removal"). The definitions section of the INA has not been\
revised to incorporate this change.\
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var WPFootnote5 = 'As discussed previously, a number of our sister circuits have\
held that a BIA order denying relief from removal and remanding for\
consideration of voluntary departure is a final order of removal. \
See Alibasic, 547 F.3d at 83-84; Saldarriaga, 402 F.3d at 466 n.2;\
Del Pilar, 326 F.3d at 1157; Castrejón-García, 60 F.3d at 1361-62;\
Perkovic, 33 F.3d at 619.\
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