U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Rodriguez-Villar v. Barr
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- July 11, 2019
- Case
- Rodriguez-Villar v. Barr
- Case status
- Decided
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SELYA, Circuit Judge. It is bad enough when acts in the nature of persecution are employed to chill the free expression of political opinion. It exacerbates the problem though, when a reviewing tribunal turns such acts upside down and heralds their chilling effect as "proof" that no likelihood of persecution exists. Because the agency's decision in this case rests upon just such an erro…
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