GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Melencio Legui Lim petitions from the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") of his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of asylum and denial of withholding of deportation. We hold that the BIA erred in denying asylum eligibility, but we affirm the BIA's denial of withholding of deportation.
BACKGROUND
Melencio Lim entered the United States in August of 1991 and voluntarily approached...
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