AHMAD v. I.N.S.

No. 98-1058.

163 F.3d 457 (1999)

Ilyas AHMAD, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Thomas (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, Loreto S. Geisse (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, BAUER, and WOOD, JR., Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Ilyas Ahmad, a native and citizen of Pakistan, is now appealing the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to deny his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under §§ 208 and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1253(h). He claims that, as a member of the Ahmadi religion, he has a well-founded fear of religious persecution should he return to Pakistan. We have jurisdiction...

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