Seck v. U.S. Attorney General, No. 09-16384 (11th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a native and citizen of Senegal, petitioned for review of the BIA's final order, which affirmed an IJ's decision to deny her application for withholding of removal. Petitioner claimed that if she returned to Senegal, it was more likely than not that she would be beaten or killed for attempting to protect her U.S. citizen daughter from being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The court granted the petition for review because the BIA failed to give reasoned consideration to petitioner's application when it found that she could relocate within Senegal to avoid persecution. Accordingly, the court vacated the BIA's decision and remanded for further proceedings.
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