Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 26, 1999, No. 97-70784 (Del Carmen Molina v. Immigration & Naturalization Service)

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Dinora Del Molina and her two minor children, Ligia Elena Salazar and Henry Salazar-Molina, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision denying their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation.

Molina and her children are all citizens of El Salvador seeking political asylum in the United States.