Adela Hernandez-Ortiz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that persecution is \oppression . . . inflicted on groups or individuals because of a difference that the persecutor will not tolerate\
• finding that an alien was a refugee where she had endured “oppres- sion . . . inflicted . . . because of a difference that the persecutor [would] not tolerate”
• noting the relevance of a number of threats or acts of violence directed at family members in concluding that the alien’s life or freedom is endangered
• noting that denial of asylum must be on grounds either “involving the national interest or the welfare of the community, or . . . relating to the existence of other means of ensuring the safety and security of the alien.”
• noting that denial of asylum must be on grounds either “involving the national interest or the welfare of the community, or . . . relating to the existence of other means of ensuring the safety and security of the alien.”
• noting the relevance of a number of threats or acts of violence directed at family members in concluding that the alien’s life or freedom is endangered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).