HERNANDEZ-BAENA v. GONZALES

No. 04-2452, 04-2949.

417 F.3d 720 (2005)

Orlay HERNANDEZ-BAENA and Sandra Carrera-Garcia, Petitioners, v. Alberto GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey Y. Muwonge (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioners.

George P. Katsivalis, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Carol Federighi (argued), Jocelyn Wright, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Orlay Hernandez-Baena and Sandra Carrera-Garcia, natives of Colombia, entered the United States as non-immigrant visitors and overstayed their visas. They filed for asylum, claiming that Hernandez-Baena had suffered persecution on account of political opinion or imputed political opinion when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) threatened his life because he refused to sell them military supplies. An Immigration Judge...

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