Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
The New York Times reports that Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into…
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Refugee and Asylee follow-to-Join cases
Eligibility for asylum
The Eighth Circuit denied the petition for review, holding that the Guatemalan petitioner had not demonstrated that the record compelled the finding that his subjective…
Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:
Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) says that there are reports of refugee families victimized by the recent telephone scam targeting Bhutanese…
AILA amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the meaning of “particular social group” for asylum purposes
AILA amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the meaning of “particular social group” for asylum purposes, arguing that the “social…
The court found that the addition of social visibility and particularity to the BIA’s social group definition is inconsistent requirements
The court found that the addition of social visibility and particularity to the BIA’s social group definition is inconsistent with prior decisions and rejected it…
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Teleconference to discuss planned changes for refugee and asylee follow-to-join cases
USCIS International Operations Division invitation for a 2/8/11 teleconference to discuss planned changes to the processing procedures for refugee and asylee follow-to-join cases. https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/asylum-2/ https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/asylum/…
Another new Asylum case:
NINTH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS -Immigration Law- Where petitioner’s testimony that he was persecuted in Ghana on account of his attempts to convert Muslims…