First Circuit on Mayan Asylum Claim

FROM LEXIS NEXIS LEGAL: NEWSROOM IMMIGRATION LAW:  Professor Nancy Kelly of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic writes: “In a landmark First Circuit decision, the Court today issued an opinion finding past persecution in the case of a Mayan man, based on the long history of genocide in his country. The client was represented by the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program.” – Ordoñez-Quino v. Holder, July 23, 2014.

KJ

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