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· 3/9/2005

Zhen Li Iao v. Alberto R. Gonzales

Citations

  • 400 F.3d 530
  • 2005 WL 545278

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing these two problems and a few others as “disturbing features” present in a large number of cases reviewed by the Seventh Circuit
  • noting a frequent insensitivity to the possibility of misunderstandings caused by the use of translators in immigration cases
  • noting a frequent insensitivity to the possibility of misunderstandings caused by the use of translators in immigration cases
  • noting “disturbing” insensitivity on the part of immigration adjudicators to possible misunderstandings caused by translation of difficult languages like Chinese
  • regarding IJ’s decision as unreasoned in part because IJ relied on trivial inconsistencies in asylum applicant’s testimony
  • noting a frequent insensitivity in immigration hearings to the possibilities of misunderstandings caused by the use of translators of difficult languages such as Chi- nese

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Judges: Posner, Manton, Wood

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