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June 11, 2018
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BIA🛡️ AsylumFor the government27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018)

Matter of A-B-: domestic violence no longer a basis for asylum?

Attorney General Sessions overruled Matter of A-R-C-G-, stripping domestic violence survivors of automatic access to particular social group claims. The decision made asylum claims harder for thousands of Central American women.

asylumdomestic violenceparticular social group
Decided: Jun 11, 2018Read the breakdown →
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