Abdalla Alsagladi v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

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• upholding discretionary denial of asylum where alien committed fraud in his dealings with the U.S. government
• fraud in obtaining entry to the United States is a good reason to reject a request for 4 No. 06-3178 asylum
• “Status as a victim of persecution makes an alien eligible for asylum but does not compel an exercise of discretion in his favor.”
• “[T]he United States does not require refugees to remain in the first nation they reach after their escape, unless they have become -firmly settled there, or a treaty so provides.” (citations omitted)

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