By: Derek Hawkins//January 24, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Rigoberto Velasquez-Banegas v. Loretta E. Lynch
Case No.: 15-2619
Officials: POSNER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges
Focus: Removal Proceedings – Immigration
The petitioner, a citizen of Honduras, entered the United States in 2005—without being authorized to do so—when he was 38 years old. He is now 49, still living in this country, still not authorized to live here. In 2014 the Department of Homeland Security began proceedings in the Immigration Court to have him removed from this country (i.e., deported) to Honduras. He applied for withholding of removal and also for protection under the Convention Against Torture, on the ground that he is highly likely to be persecuted if returned to Honduras. The immigration judge denied both applications and ordered him removed. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed summarily, and he appeals to us.
Vacated and remanded