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: Queer Law WatchJamaican Lesbian Denied Asylum
By Christopher
Forrester had won her asylum claim in front of an Immigration Judge, but the government appealed. The Board of Immigration Appeals reversed the Immigration Judge's decision and denied asylum. The federal court was the last place she could turn before facing deportation. Unfortunately, the standard for overturning a decision of the BIA is often insurmountable.
Full post as published by Queer Law Watch on January 04, 2007 (boomark / email).
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