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Seventh Circuit Recognizes Obstacles Gay Asylum Seekers Face During Airport Interviews Print E-mail
Friday, 14 September 2007

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday found that asylum seekers who flee persecution based on their sexual orientation should not be expected to reveal their sexual orientation during interviews with government officials that take place within hours of their arrival at the airport.

 

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Seventh Circuit Victory: Court Says BIA Relied too Heavily on U.S. State Department Reports Print E-mail
Wednesday, 22 August 2007

The National Immigrant Justice Center, along with a pro bono attorney from the Chicago office of law firm Sidley Austin, won a victory today at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, Oyekunle v. Gonzales, involved a woman who fled her native Nigeria because her husband's family threatened to force her to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).

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