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Vernon Charles

U.S.

epartment o Justice

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Board of mmigration Appeals

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Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights

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DHS/ICE Office o Chief Counsel - EAZ

P.O. Box 25158

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PO Box 654

Florence AZ 85132

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Date

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this notice: 6/9/2015

Enclosed is a copy

of

the Board s decision and order in the above-referenced case.

Enclosure

Panel Members:

Adkins-Blanch Charles

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Greer Anne J

Miller Neil P

Sincerely,

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Donna Carr

hiefClerk

Userteam: Docket

Cite as: D-M-R- (BIA June 9, 2015)

For more unpublished BIA decisions, visitwww.irac.net/unpublished/index/

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U.S. epartment o Justice

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Falls Church, Virginia 20530

File: - Eloy, AZ

Decision o he Board oflmmigration Appeals

Date:

In re: D R a.k.a. Maria Merida Espinosa a.k.a. Susana Lopez

IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS

CERTIFICATION

ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT: Charles Vernon, Accredited Representative

ON BEHALF OF DHS:

Julie Nelson

Assistant Chief Counsel

CHARGE:

Notice: Sec. 212(a)(6)(A)(i), I&N Act [8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A)(i)] -

Present without being admitted or paroled

Lodged: Sec. 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I), I&N Act [8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(7)(A)(i)(I)] -

Immigrant - no valid immigrant visa or entry document

APPLICATION: Asylum; withholding o removal; Convention Against Torture

The respondent, a 52-year-old native and citizen o El Salvador, appeals from the

Immigration Judge's March 3 2015, decision denying her applications for asylum, withholding

o removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ( CAT ). The appeal will be

dismissed in part and sustained in part.

This case has a lengthy procedural history culminating in the Immigration Judge's

certification

o

her March 3, 2015, decision to the Board following the Board's remand directing

the Immigration Judge to apply recent jurisprudence on the evolving issue o particular social

group.

See Matter o W-G-R-

26 I&N Dec. 208 (BIA 2014),

Matter o M-E-V-G-

26 I&N

Dec. 227 (BIA 2014), and Matter o A-R-C-G- 26 I&N Dec. 388 (BIA 2014).

The factual basis o the respondent's claim was set forth in the Immigration Judge's initial

decision

on

September 15, 2011, and is not meaningfully disputed by the parties (9/15/11

I.J.

Dec. at 4-6). The respondent was subjected to repeated and severe abuse by the man she lived

with for more than 15 years. The couple eventually had 5 children together, who were also

abused. The respondent did not own any property or have money, and was afraid to call the

police. The respondent testified that she knew o other women who were trapped in similar

relationships.

There are three separate decisions from the Immigration Judge, which are identified by date

when cited.


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