· 4/14/1971
Santiago Rosa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Citations
- 440 F.2d 100
- 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 10724
How courts have described this case
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- stating that nongovernmental acts may constitute persecution where the group “has sufficient de facto political power to carry out its purposes without effective hindrance” (emphasis added)
- stating that nongovernmental acts may constitute persecution where the group “has sufficient de facto political power to carry out its purposes without effective hindrance” (emphasis added)
- not discussing the precise standard for determining when non- governmental persecutors “[have] sufficient . . . power to carry out [their] purposes without effective hindrance”
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Judges: Aldrich, Mc-Entee, Coffin
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