United States First Circuit
de Carvalho-Frois v. Holder, 11-1214
In a case seeking judicial review of a BIA order upholding an immigration judge's denial of asylum for failure to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, the petition for review is denied, where the petitioner's claimed social group--witnesses to a serious crime whom the Brazilian government is unwilling or unable to protect--is too amorphous to satisfy the requirements for social visibility.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/26/2012
- Published 01/26/2012
Judges
- Selya
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Carlos E. Estrada, Tony West