Petition for review of the BIA’s dismissal of petitioner’s appeal of an Immigration Judge’s decision denying petitioner’s petitions for asylum is denied where material witnesses for the government, such as petitioner, did not constitute a protected social group.
Read Velasco-Cervantes v. Holder, No. 08-73295
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted December 11, 2009
Filed January 27, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Beezer
Counsel
For Petitioner:
Rosaura Rodriguez, Rios Cantor, P.S., Seattle, WA
For Respondent:
Jeffrey R. Meyer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC
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