III. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The Petitioners, Boris, Tatiana, Natalia, and
Polina Jourbina, are former citizens of Kazakhstan
who were recently denationalized. R. at 49-71; 86.
They
have
no
country
of
citizenship.
They
are
Christian and of Chechen ethnicity.
After a hearing on the claims for asylum based
on ethnicity and religion, the Petitioners accepted
voluntary departure from the Immigration Court in
New York, New York, on January 25, 1999. R. at 7679. They filed a timely appeal of the decision to
the BIA and obtained a stay of their departure from
the
United
States.
On
July
23,
2002,
the
BIA
affirmed the Immigration Court’s decision. R. at
71-75.
Pursuant to enhanced discriminatory policy, on
December
22,
revoked
Kazakh
Petitioners,
citizenship
2009,
the
citizenship
leaving
from
Republic
any
the
nation
11
of
for
Kazakhstan
all
Jourbinas
and
four
without
effectively