Olivia Nabulwala v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America

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• recognizing that lesbians are members of a “particular social group” based on sexual orientation
• recognizing that lesbians are members of a “particular social group” based on sexual orientation
• rejecting as “false” the Board’s statement that an immigration judge “correctly found” a necessary fact when the judge “made no such finding.”
• “Persecution may be a harm to be inflicted either by the government of a country or by persons or an organization that the government was unable or unwilling to control.”
• applicant's family sought to violently \change\ her sexual orientation
• applicant’s family sought to violently “change” her sexual orientation

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