recent
persecutory
citizenship,
revocation
coupled
with
of
their
their
Kazakh
resulting
non-
Kazakh nationality, gives rise to a prima facie
claim for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.
Petitioners maintain that the BIA abused its
discretion when it denied their Motion to Reopen
with conclusory statements devoid of reasoning and
when it ignored extensive record evidence regarding
their
claim
Petitioners
of
a
change
further
in
claim
country
that
the
conditions.
BIA
failed
completely to consider their prima facie showing of
a fear of future persecution because of their nonKazak nationality. This Court has concluded that a
decision
discretion
which
“is
because
argued
it
was
to
made
be
an
without
abuse
of
rational
justification” raises a question of law that vests
jurisdiction with this Court. Chen, 471 F.3d at
329. This is precisely what the Petitioners allege.
The Petitioners contend that the BIA committed
errors of law in failing to consider substantial
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