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YI XIAN CHEN v. HOLDER

No. 12-1623.

705 F.3d 624 (2013)

YI XIAN CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Marotta (argued), Attorney, Law Office of Richard Tarzia, Belle Mead, NJ, for Petitioner.

OIL, Attorney, Siu P. Wong (argued), Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MANION, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Yi Xian Chen illegally entered the United States in 2006. Shortly thereafter, his wife gave birth to the couple's second child in China. Chinese authorities then forcibly sterilized her. In the United States, Chen filed for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, arguing that he suffered persecution when he learned that his wife had been forcibly sterilized. The Department of Homeland Security sought...

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