Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 13:08:44 PST
From: bryan.blumberg@macsch.com (Bryan J. Blumberg)

Well, I guess I have to answer my own question.  I've gotten a
copy of it from I.G.L.H.R.C., 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200,
San Francisco, CA   94103 USA.


                        OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20630



MEMORANDUM FOR MARY MAGUIRE DUNNE, ACTING CHAIR
               BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS

FROM:     THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Janet Reno's signature)

SUBJECT:  Attorney General Order Designating
          Board of Immigration Appeals Case as Precedent


     The attached Attorney General order designates as precedent
in all proceedings involving the same issue or issues the
decision of the Board of Immidgration Appeals in In re Fidel
Armando Toboso-Alfonso (A23 220 644) (March 12, 1990).  The case
holds that an individual who has been identified as homosexual
and persecuted by his or her government for that reason alone may
be eligible for relief under the refugee laws on the basis of
persecution because of membership in a social group.

     I have examined the case and conclude that it represents an
appropriate application of the law to the facts as described in
the opinion.  I understand that there are now several cases
involving similar issues before immigration judges, and believe
that the publication of this decision will provide useful
guidance to immigration judges and to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service in evaluating such claims.



                        OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20630


In re:  Matter of Toboso-Alfonso (A23 220 644)

______________________________________________



                                   ORDER NO.

     I hereby designate the decision of the Board of Immigration
Appeals in In re: Fidel Armando Toboso-Alfonso (A23 220 644)
(March 12, 1990) as precedent in all proceedings involving the
same issue or issues.




June 16, 1994                           (Janet Reno's signature)
_____________                           ________________________
Date                                    Janet Reno
                                        Attorney General



                        OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20630



MEMORANDUM FOR MARY MAGUIRE DUNNE, ACTING CHAIR
               BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS

FROM:     THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Janet Reno's signature)

SUBJECT:  Attorney General Order Designating
          Board of Immigration Appeals Case as Precedent


     The attached Attorney General order designates as precedent
in all proceedings involving the same issue or issues the
decision of the Board of Immidgration Appeals in In re Fidel
Armando Toboso-Alfonso (A23 220 644) (March 12, 1990).  The case
holds that an individual who has been identified as homosexual
and persecuted by his or her government for that reason alone may
be eligible for relief under the refugee laws on the basis of
persecution because of membership in a social group.

     I have examined the case and conclude that it represents an
appropriate application of the law to the facts as described in
the opinion.  I understand that there are now several cases
involving similar issues before immigration judges, and believe
that the publication of this decision will provide useful
guidance to immigration judges and to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service in evaluating such claims.


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(213) 259-4914, bryan.blumberg@macsch.com