Jan Kapcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Stanislaw Saulo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

How courts have described this case

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• holding that fear of persecution is well-founded if it is subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable
• stating that an applicant must present specific evidence to establish a well-founded fear of future harm
• holding no due process deprivation when immigration judge took notice of change of government at hearing, and petitioners knew of this issue when they appealed to BIA
• approving the BIA's administrative notice of the Solidarity 8 becoming a part of the Polish coalition government
• sustaining finding of no past persecution where aliens were detained and beaten in home country on multiple occasions
• finding no past persecution when aliens were harassed, imprisoned, beaten, interrogated, and conscripted into military service

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).