by Matthew Hoppock | May 24, 2017 | Asylum, Immigration |
In perhaps the most important asylum-related decision in the last 5 to 10 years, the BIA held today that a family unit can amount to a “particular social group” and that if their membership in that nuclear family is at least one central reason they have...
by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 24, 2015 | Asylum, Immigration, Immigration ArticlesBIA Appeals |
Last week the BIA issued a new decision outlining the interaction between the immigration statute’s requirement that an applicant file within one year of their entry and the issue of applicant credibility. Asylum applications must be filed within one year of a...
by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 7, 2015 | Asylum, Immigration |
The Sixth Circuit issued an interesting decision today on the issue of false statements in asylum applications and the “frivolousness” bar to asylum. The case is Yousif v. Lynch and involves a decision denying asylum to a person who was...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 2, 2014 | Asylum, Immigration |
On July 1, 2014, the BIA issued a new decision in Matter of P-S-H- which discusses fraud in the asylum process and what the government must prove when it wants to revoke an already-granted asylum application. While the BIA’s conclusion is not controversial (they...
by Matthew Hoppock | Feb 24, 2014 | Asylum, Immigration |
In two new companion cases (Matter of M-E-V-G- and Matter of W-G-R-) about asylum for individuals afraid of persecution “on account of” their membership in a particular social group, the BIA has done away with the term “social visibility” and...
by Matthew Hoppock | Sep 30, 2013 | Asylum, Immigration, Immigration ArticlesBIA Appeals, Removal Defense |
We received a good BIA decision today, granting the appeal we filed in the case of a member of the Batwa (or “pygmy”) tribe from Burundi. Our client’s heartbreaking testimony about what she faced in Burundi before finally escaping to the United...
