GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal calls upon us to determine the proper standard to be applied in cases where an alien seeks political asylum pursuant to Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") § 208(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1986), and, more specifically, the meaning of the statutory phrase "well-founded fear of persecution". 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) (1986). Because we conclude that the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") applied an improper...
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