BERNAL-GARCIA v. I.N.S.

No. 86-4944. Summary Calendar.

852 F.2d 144 (1988)

Jose Rigoberto BERNAL-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Turin, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Edwin Meese, III, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Madelyn E. Johnson, Allen W. Hausman, Asst. Director, Mark C. Walters, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Bombough, Office of Immigration Lit., Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

David H. Lambert, Dist. Director, I.N.S., New Orleans, La., Ronald C. Chandler, Dist. Director, I.N.S., Dallas, Tex., other interested parties.

Before REAVLEY, KING and JONES, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Jose Rigoberto Bernal-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, appealed the immigration judge's denial of his request for political asylum. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed that denial. In this appeal of the affirmance, we remand for reconsideration of Bernal's claims in light of additional evidence that appeared after the close of the agency proceedings below.

I. The Proceedings before the Agency

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