AG Decision on Particular Social Groups and Asylum for Victims of Private Violence (Matter of A-B-)
In Matter of A-B-, Attorney General Sessions tightened particular social group standards and made asylum more difficult for victims of private crime.
In Matter of A-B-, Attorney General Sessions tightened particular social group standards and made asylum more difficult for victims of private crime.
In Matter of L-E-A-, Attorney General William Barr rejected several jurisdictional challenges to the Attorney General’s authority to certify BIA decisions for review.
In the Matter of L-E-A-, the Board issued a broad decision regarding asylum applicants seeking status based on membership in family-based particular social groups.
Acting Attorney General Whitaker referred Matter of L-E-A-, dealing with particular social groups made of family members, to himself for review.
Attorney General Garland vacated Matter of A-B- and Matter of L-E-A, two Trump precedents on particular social groups under asylum laws.
Director James McHenry published an EOIR Memo on the tracking and timely adjudication of family unit cases at 10 immigration courts
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