SAYAXING v. I.N.S.

No. 98-3161.

179 F.3d 515 (1999)

Ly Ying SAYAXING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Block (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michelle E. Gorden (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Ly Ying Sayaxing, a national and citizen of Laos, appeals the denial of his petition for asylum by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board"). He claims that if he is forced to return to Laos, the communist government will persecute him for his political and religious beliefs. While we sympathize with Ying's concerns, we cannot say that the Board was wrong when it concluded that he failed to demonstrate an objectively reasonable basis for his...

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