Humor

Eighth Circuit to BIA: Wikipedia? Seriously?

The idea of a lawyer leaning too heavily on an Internet resource of dubious reliability is rife with comic potential. That is, unless your deportation status depends on the conclusion. Wired.com last week reported that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a case (.pdf) to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for explanation as to why a denial of asylum based in part on evidence gathered from Wikipedia was not “clear error.”

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