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  • SF appeals court says gay Mexican man is eligible for asylum

    08/13/2005 12:10:55 PM PDT · by SmithL · 37 replies · 705+ views
    AP ^ | 8/13/5
    SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has ruled that an AIDS-afflicted gay man who fled Mexico because he feared persecution is eligible for political asylum in the United States. Friday's decision by the San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses rulings by immigration courts that ordered the deportation of Jose Boer-Sedano, who claimed a police officer in Mexico had forced him to perform sex acts under threat of being outed or killed. The three-judge panel said Boer-Sedano, 45, would likely face further abuse and have difficulty getting life-sustaining AIDS medication if he were sent back to Mexico,...