Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit September 3, 1997, No. 96-70317 (Vera-Valera v. Immigration & Naturalization Service)

lead-opinion

Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

Ernesto Antonio Vera-Valera, his wife, and two of their children, all nationals of Peru, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ refusal to grant .them asylum, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), and withholding of deportation, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h).