HARMON v. HOLDER

Nos. 12-3268, 12-4173.

758 F.3d 728 (2014)

Ethel HARMON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Maris J. Liss , George P. Mann & Associates, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner. Kelly J. Walls , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Maris J. Liss , George P. Mann , George P. Mann & Associates, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner. Kelly J. Walls , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Stephen W. Manning , Immigrant Law Group PC, Portland, Oregon, Russell Abrutyn , Marshal E. Hyman & Associates, PC, Troy, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: COOK and STRANCH, Circuit Judges; CARR, District Judge.


OPINION

STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Ethel Harmon, an adult who entered the United States as an unaccompanied alien child in 1994, was denied asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Harmon argues that the Immigration Judge did not have jurisdiction over her asylum claim, that the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) permanently exempts former unaccompanied alien children from...

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