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· 9/4/2009

Camara v. Attorney General of the United States

Citations

  • 580 F.3d 196
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 19992
  • 2009 WL 2836437

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  • explaining that the two substantive grounds for asylum — i.e., past persecution and well-founded fear of future persecution — are “distinct” doctrines
  • “[A] petitioner can establish eligibility for asylum in one of two ways: (1) by showing past persecution, or (2) by showing a well-founded fear that [he or] she would be persecuted in the future....”

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Judges: Sloviter, Hardiman, Pollak

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