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101. Order No. 2379-2001 of Attorney General Janet Reno, In re: Rodi
Alvarado (Jan. 19, 2001), reprinted in Matter of R-A-, 22 I&N Dec. 906
(A.G. 2001; BIA 1999).
102. For a summary of the procedural history of Matter of R-A-, see Joe
Whitley, General Counsel, US Dept. Homeland Security, File No. A73 753
922, Dept. of Homeland Security’s Position on Respondent’s Eligibility for
Relief, 7-8 (Feb. 19, 2004) (hereinafter “DHS 2/19/04 Brief”),
http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/documents/legal/dhs_brief_ra.pdf (accessed
August 15, 2006).
103. In re R-A-, 23 I&N Dec. 694 (AG 2005).
104. Form I-589, http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-589.htm.
105. Id.
106. Memo from Phyllis Coven, Office of International Affairs, INS, to all INS
Asylum Office/rs, HQASM Coordinators, Considerations for Asylum
Officers Adjudicating Asylum Claims from Women (May 26, 1995),
http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/documents/legal/guidelines_us.pdf (accessed
August 15, 2006).
107. 8 CFR § 208.7(a)(1).
108. INA § 209, 8 CFR § 209.2.
109. Form I-730, Petition for Refugee/Asylee, http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/
formsfee/forms/files/I-730.htm (modified 9/29/06).
110. 8 CFR § 1003.1(b).
111. INA § 242(a)(1).
112. INA § 208(a)(2)(B). For the government’s analysis of the one-year filing
provisions, see INS, Asylum Officer Basic Training Course, One-Year
Filing Deadline (2001), http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/united_states/
asylum_officer_training_oneyear_112001.pdf (accessed September 6,
2006).
113. INA § 208(a)(2)(D); 8 CFR § 208.4(a)(4), (5); § 1208.4 (a)(4), (5).
114. INA § 241(b)(3).
115. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 US at 423; INS v Stevic, 467 US 407 (1984).
116. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 US at 428-29.