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BORJA v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70272.

175 F.3d 732 (1999)

Teresita Moral BORJA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe, Hilary A. Han, Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Teresita Moral Borja.

Donald E. Keener, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, and BROWNING, SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN, TROTT, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge TROTT; Dissent by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

The New People's Army ("NPA") is a violent, revolutionary Communist group which actively opposes the Philippine government. The NPA has a well-documented history of political violence, including the murder of its opponents. The 1995 Country Profile issued by our State Department says that "the NPA ... is known to engage in killings and other violence."

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