Luis Vides-Vides v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

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• holding that there was no procedural due process violation where the alien had 26 USUBAKUNOV V. GARLAND been given four months and two continuances to obtain counsel
• holding that there was no due process violation where a noncitizen was given four months and two continuances to obtain counsel
• holding that the IJ erred in stating that the alien’s decision to remain neutral was not a political opinion, but the error was harmless because the alien “failed to show that he will be singled out for persecution because of his neutrality”
• holding that an alien’s “failure to obtain counsel after four months and two continuances makes apparent that he simply was unable to secure counsel at his own expense,” and “[c]onsequently, the IJ had no option but to proceed to the hearing of evidence on the merits of the case”
• finding that “failure to obtain counsel after four months and two continuances makes apparent that [petitioner] simply was unable to secure counsel at his own expense [and] the IJ had no option but to proceed”
• noting that the IJ erred in stating that petitioner did not hold a political opinion, but concluding the error was harmless because petitioner failed to show he would be singled out on account of his political opinion

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