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General Immigration 7th Cir denies petition for alleged corrupt Filipino official | 7th Cir denies petition for alleged corrupt Filipino official |
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Bolante v. Mukasey (7th Cir. 8/27/08) BAUER Kanne Williams A Filipino asylum applicant was an Undersecretary in the Dept of Agriculture, accused by political opponents of the President of being part of a corruption scandal. The 7th Cir upheld the asylum denial, finding his fears not objectively reasonable, because his fears (and his supporting witnesses) were too vague. CtApp discussed prosecution vs. persecution distinction, and stated that even politically-motivated prosecution wouldn't be persecution if he were guilty of the corruption offense. But the holding of the CtApp is that there is no pending prosecution and no identifiable threat to Bolante - so PfR denied.
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