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Immigration,
Government

Jun. 12, 2018

‘Private crime’ doesn’t meet asylum criteria, Sessions says

Immigration attorneys will likely face greater difficultly securing asylum for clients who say they have faced violence from domestic partners and gangs in their home countries after Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned a landmark case extending asylum protections to such people.

‘Private crime’ doesn’t meet asylum criteria, Sessions says
Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, May 9, 2018. Sessions said on June 11 that fear of domestic violence is not legal grounds for asylum in a closely watched immigration case that could have a broad effect on the asylum process, women who have endured extreme violence and the independence of immigration judges.

Immigration attorneys will likely face greater difficultly securing asylum for clients who say they have faced violence from domestic partners and gangs in their home countries after Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned a landmark case extending asylum protections to people who alleged such abuse.

Sessions said in his decision that most alleged victims of “private crime” do not fit the definition of being part of a social group ...

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