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N.L.A. v. HOLDER

No. 11-2706.

744 F.3d 425 (2014)

N.L.A., H.O.P.M., and S.L.P.L., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly J. Huggins , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

OIL, Attorney, Richard Zanfardino , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges and CASTILLO, District Judge.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After Colombian guerillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kidnapped her father and killed her uncle, N.L.A.1 fled Colombia for the United States. After entering the United States legally on a tourist visa, N.L.A. and her family overstayed their visa and then applied for asylum within the one year requirement of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), claiming that they were victims of persecution...

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