Xiu Qin Chen v. Slattery

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• recognizing that the severe repression of the applicant during China’s “Cultural Revolution” constitut- ed persecution
• stating that “a rebuttable presumption arises that an alien who has been persecuted in the past by his country’s govern- ment has reason to fear similar persecution in the future”
• granting relief to the son of a Christian minister who was subjected to atrocious persecution, including burns to his body, house arrest, and a prohibition on school attendance
• relying on Vilorio-Lopez v. INS, 852 F.2d 1137, 1141 (9th Cir. 1988), for the propo- sition that an Immigration Judge must underpin adverse credibility findings with “a ‘specific, cogent reason’”

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