revocation alone establishes a prima facie case for
asylum. Haile, 591 F.3d 574.
Although the decisions of the Seventh Circuit
Court of Appeals are not binding on the BIA when it
considers
cases
in
this
circuit,
they
have
persuasive authority. The BIA provides no reasoning
or explanation for why it rejects the appellate
court’s decision.
Since the BIA issued its decision, the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the Seventh
Circuit
in
finding
that
“ethnically
targeted
denationalization of people who do not have dual
citizenship may be persecution.” Stserba, 2011 WL
1901546 (C.A.6). Citing to Haile, 591 F.3d 572, the
Sixth
Circuit
citizenship
that
the
addressed
resulting
respondent
in
“may
the
revocation
statelessness,
have
of
stating
suffered
past
persecution simply because she became stateless due
to her ethnicity” even if she suffered no adverse
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