After the Board of Immigration Appeals denied asylum to three siblings fleeing forced gang recruitment in Matter of S-E-G-, asylum claims based on forced gang recruitment are almost categorically denied. This Note describes how courts interpret and apply Matter of S-E-G- unfairly to preclude viable asylum claims based on membership in a particular social group. Given the chance to establish the facts in their individual records, certain individuals from Central America who have fled forced gang recruitment should be able to establish their eligibility for asylum. Proving that they are members of particular social groups which are both “socially visible” and “sufficiently particular” will be the most difficult hurdles. Nevertheless, a brief ...
This Note examines the history of the social-visibility requirement for Particular Social Groups in ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
The state of the law regarding refugees in the United States has been characterized in the recent pa...
After the Board of Immigration Appeals denied asylum to three siblings fleeing forced gang recruitme...
This Note discusses the flaws in the tripartite analysis to determine whether an asylum seeker satis...
Central American youth who refuse to join gangs are often subjected to horrific acts of retaliatory ...
Since the late 1990s, Latin America has been plagued by gang violence. The increasingly organized an...
Victims fleeing their native countries to escape violence, discrimination, or persecution are provid...
This legal note will analyze the repercussions stemming from the Matter of A-R-C-G- in asylum law. T...
This Note examines the current interpretation of asylum law and its misapplication when it comes to ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
Each year tens of thousands of immigrants head to the United States’ shores in the hope of achieving...
The Refugee Act of 1980 was a significant piece of legislation for the development of asylum law, an...
A substantial group of Central American immigrants have been filing asylum cases in the USA based on...
On March 1, 2012, in Gaitan v. Holder, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Os...
This Note examines the history of the social-visibility requirement for Particular Social Groups in ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
The state of the law regarding refugees in the United States has been characterized in the recent pa...
After the Board of Immigration Appeals denied asylum to three siblings fleeing forced gang recruitme...
This Note discusses the flaws in the tripartite analysis to determine whether an asylum seeker satis...
Central American youth who refuse to join gangs are often subjected to horrific acts of retaliatory ...
Since the late 1990s, Latin America has been plagued by gang violence. The increasingly organized an...
Victims fleeing their native countries to escape violence, discrimination, or persecution are provid...
This legal note will analyze the repercussions stemming from the Matter of A-R-C-G- in asylum law. T...
This Note examines the current interpretation of asylum law and its misapplication when it comes to ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
Each year tens of thousands of immigrants head to the United States’ shores in the hope of achieving...
The Refugee Act of 1980 was a significant piece of legislation for the development of asylum law, an...
A substantial group of Central American immigrants have been filing asylum cases in the USA based on...
On March 1, 2012, in Gaitan v. Holder, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Os...
This Note examines the history of the social-visibility requirement for Particular Social Groups in ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
The state of the law regarding refugees in the United States has been characterized in the recent pa...