First Circuit· 2/26/2004

Salazar v. Ashcroft

Citations

359 F.3d 45
2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 3663
2004 WL 350621

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holding that alien’s testimony that he paid another person to obtain residence stamp did not require immigration judge to discount its facial validity
noting that the government bears the initial burden of showing firm resettlement
noting that the government bears the initial burden of showing firm resettlement
noting that the government bears the initial burden of showing firm resettlement
opining that the initial burden could be met “by producing evidence that the reset- tling country’s government formally and affirmatively offered the alien permanent resettlement, a term which includes — but is potentially more expansive than — offers of citizenship or permanent residence”
finding firm resettlement where petitioner lived in Venezuela for fourteen months, worked and rented an apartment, and received a Venezuelan passport with a resident stamp

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Judges: Selya, Cyr, Lynch

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