Administrative Agencies

Board of Immigration Appeals

In re: Puerto (A097-662-520)

Question Presented

  1. Whether the Immigration Judge, despite acknowledging minor inconsistencies with Roger’s LGBTI claim and giving them limited weight, clearly erred when he found—after considering the totality of Roger’s testimony, the testimony of Professor Young, the declarations of a half dozen other individuals, and over a thousand pages of secondary evidence—Roger credible as to his sexual orientation?

Clinic

Northwestern Appellate Advocacy Center

Briefing

Result

Dismissed (in Clinic’s favor).   Board upholds Immigration Judge’s credibility finding and determination that Mr. Puerto had met the standard for withholding of removal, based on political persecution and persecution based on sexual orientation.