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.
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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