``While one many condemn the way Xu was treated as inconsistent with human rights, we cannot say that the record compels us to conclude that her treatment was an 'extreme form of cruel and inhuman treatment,' or that she would likely face such treatment on her return,'' Judge J. Clifford Wallace wrote in Thursday's opinion.You can bet if Xu had been at risk for deportation to Pinochet's Chile under similar cicumstances, Wallace would have ruled the other way.
You betcha.