IJ Should Not Have Rejected Asylum Claim Filed by An Iraqi

Daoud v. Gonzales, 2006 WL 2349232 (8/15/06)(unpub'd) - The 10th overturns the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") refusal to grant asylum to an Iraqi who has spent 22 years in the United States. The 10th called into question the IJ's claim that "things are hopefully going to get better" in Iraq because "the American military is there." The 10th pointed to statements by then Secretary of State Powell that "the insurgency in Iraq is getting worse and the U.S. occupation there has increased anti-American sentiment" and evidence in the record suggesting that at least in Baghdad the military "is not in control of the security and human rights situation."