450 F.3d 700
Abdalla ALSAGLADI, Petitioner,v.Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.
No. 05-2070.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued April 19, 2006.
Decided June 13, 2006.

Kevin A. Raica (argued), Azulay, Horn & Seiden, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.
Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Chicago, IL, Asheesh Agarwal (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.


1
Abdalla Alsagladi, a citizen of Yemen, arrived in the United States on a visa issued by the Embassy in Saudi Arabia. Alsagladi told the consular staff that he wanted to come as a tourist; the visa he received was so limited. His representations were false; Alsagladi now concedes that his plan was emigration. He did not depart when the visa expired. Afterpersecution" (id. at 473). In other words, the Board now asks whether fraud was employed to escape from persecution (which it deems "not a significant adverse factor", id. at 474) or was gratuitous. In Pula itself the alien endured persecution not only in his native land (Albania) but also in the nation to which he initially fled (Yugoslavia). He came to the United States with the aid of a purchased identity card, fearing that display of an Albanian or Yugoslavian passport would have led to his immediate return before he could seek asylum. After crediting both this story and Pula's statement that he did not know that the United States issues visas to declared refugees, the Board concluded that the alien's deceit was justifiable.


5
Alsagladi has no similar excuse.