HENGAN v. I.N.S.

No. 95-2939.

79 F.3d 60 (1996)

Ana Maria HENGAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Kapnick, James B. Speta (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Anthony W. Norwood (argued), Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, David M. McConnell, Stephen W. Funk, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Ana Maria Hengan was born in Romania, but her ancestry is Hungarian. During the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania pursued a policy of assimilating minority groups. This policy ended with Ceausescu's government, and today Romania has many political parties and factions based on ethnicity. There is a corresponding anti-minority movement, the Party of Romanian National Unity (Vatra Romaneasca), which favors excluding ethnic minorities...

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