Hugo Turcios v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a finding it was “astonishing” that after being chased, shot at, and beaten by guerrillas, an applicant was released rather than killed, does not set forth a specific cogent reason to disbelieve the applicant
• holding that, although untrue statements on an application are not reason alone to refuse refugee status, “it is the examiner’s responsibility to evaluate such statements in the light of all the circumstances of the case”
• observing that “it is the examiner’s responsibility to evaluate [untrue] statements in the light of all the circumstances of the case”
• finding that the lies petitioner told to immigration authorities actually supported petitioner’s fear of deportation
• reversing the IJ’s determination that the petitioner “did not establish his credibility due to his evasive- ness in answering questions”
• remaining in El Sal- vador for several months after release from prison did not negate fear

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).