96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6722, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,978 Rina Kumari Surita, A.K.A. Rina Kumari Afzal Yunas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

95 F.3d 814 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6722 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,978 Rina Kumari SURITA, a.k.a. Rina Kumari; Afzal Yunas, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70210. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1996. Decided Sept. 9, 1996. Suzanne B. Friedman and Thomas L. Hiester, Daly City, CA, for petitioners. Lisa M. Arnold (argued), and Christine Bither (on the briefs), Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. INS Nos. Afp-wbh-zxt, Awy-lkn-uxx. Before: PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, * District Judge. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Petitioners Rina Kumari Surita ("Surita") and her minor son, Afzal Yunas ("Yunas"), ethnic Indian citizens of Fiji, petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board"). The BIA affirmed an immigration judge's denial of Surita's and Yunas's application for asylum and withholding of deportation, finding them statutorily ineligible for such relief from deportation under Sections 208(a) and…