Board of Immigration Appeals, Matter of Toboso-Alfonso, 1990 (US)

Category: Case Law
Source: National Authorities
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Refugee/Asylum, Human Rights, LGBT+
Place: Americas
Year: 1990
URL: https://www.refworld.org/cases,USA_BIA,3ae6b6b84.html

United States Board of Immigration Appeals, Matter of Toboso-Alfonso, 12 March 1990, Interim Decision 3222.

An applicant, who had the status of being a homosexual, both established his membership in a particular social group in Cuba and demonstrated that his freedom was threatened within the meaning of section 243(h)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h)(1) (1990), on account of his membership in that group.