Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, a Sri Lanka native, is of the Tamil ethnic minority and backed a Tamil political candidate. Thuraissigiam v. USDHS at 11–12. In June 2016, Thuraissigiam fled Sri Lanka to Mexico. Id. at 11. In February 2017, he entered the...
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Eritrea, which lies between Ethiopia and the Red Sea in northeastern Africa, gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after thirty years of war. See History of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Five years later, ongoing border disputes and Eritrea...
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In April 2009, Ming Dai and his wife, Li Qin, citizens of China, discovered that Qin was pregnant with their second child. Ming Dai v. Sessions at 863. After Chinese officials learned of the pregnancy, “family planning officers” visited Dai and Qin at...