Class 11

17. Review Immigration Reliefs

18. Protection from Persecution

INA §§ 101(a)(42), 208, and 241(b)(3)

a. Introduction & Background

i. Overseas Refugees

INA § 207

ii. Asylum Procedures

• 8 C.F.R. § 208.1-208.17

iii. The I-589

d. Persecution

i. Meaning of Persecution

• Mirisawo v. Holder, 599 F.3d 391 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Matter of Chang, 20 I&N Dec. 38 (BIA 1989)

ii. Level of Risk

• INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987)

iii. Denial of Asylum as a Matter of Discretion

• INA § 208(b)

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