The Second Circuit has remanded the asylum claim of a Chinese national who was detained and beaten for protesting government housing demolition policies. The Court was unpersuaded by the agency’s conclusion that the petitioner was the target of a legitimate prosecution, rather prosecution, when he had not been charged with any crime.

The full text of Tian v. Bondi can be found here:

https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/9fb1ca2c-a88a-4517-8f92-8c712c43b46f/11/doc/22-6053_opn.pdf

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