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GUATEMALA-PINEDA v. GARLAND

No. 20-2248.

992 F.3d 682 (2021)

Yeemy GUATEMALA-PINEDA, Petitioner v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Willmoth , WILLMOTH IMMIGRATION LAW, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for Petitioner.

Allison Frayer , Carl H. McIntyre , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

After Yeemy Guatemala-Pineda entered the United States unlawfully, she applied for asylum so she wouldn't have to return to her home country of El Salvador. She feared that if she returned there gangs would persecute her because of her religious activities. After a winding course of immigration proceedings that began more...

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