Read Crespin-Valladares v. Holder, 09-1423

Petition for review of a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) vacating an immigration judge's (IJ) decision in favor of petitioners, a family seeking asylum because they fear persecution in El Salvador on account of family ties, is granted and remanded to the BIA with instructions that it review for clear error the IJ's findings that petitioners' persecution was "on account of" his family ties and that the Salvadoran government is unable or unwilling to control MS-13's activities.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2011
• Published 02/16/2011

Judges

• MOTZ

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel