(United States Ninth Circuit) - Granted an undocumented immigrant's petition for review of a decision ordering him removed from the United States. The El Salvador citizen sought asylum,citing violence that he and his family had suffered at the hands of a paramilitary group. Disagreeing with the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Ninth Circuit concluded that the long-time U.
S. resident was eligible for asylum and entitled to withholding of removal. The panel also remanded to the Board for reconsideration of his claim under the conference Against Torture.
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