Abdul Hamid Shahandeh-Pey v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• noting that it was “[r]emarkabl[e]” that the IJ failed to weigh the applicant’s well-founded fear of persecution
• finding that rebuttal evidence would have had a “potential” effect on the out come even though the INS had already presented evidence of the applicant’s numerous criminal convictions
• finding that rebut- tal evidence would have had a “potential” effect on the outcome even though the INS had already presented evidence of the applicant’s numerous criminal convic- tions
• remanding where the judge did not allow the applicant to present favorable evidence to rebut charges of criminal conduct
• remanding to allow an alien denied the opportunity to “have his day in court” to present all of his evidence in support of his application for asylum in lieu of deportation
• vacating and remanding where the BIA failed to consider possible evidence of the petitioner’s family ties, employment history, good character, property, and duration of residence in the United States, which might have outweighed his several prior criminal convictions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).