I just had a consultation that exemplifies the stupidity of the Board's decision in Matter of D-X- and Y-Z-, issued last month. An asylum applicant cannot win asylum if she has been "firmly resettled" in a third country. As the asylum law goes, if you have...
On the issue of "firm resettlement," one of the grounds for denying asylum to an otherwise-eligible applicant, the BIA has been less than clear. Basically, if a person comes to the United States to apply for asylum from Country X, but in the interim they already...
I will have a full breakdown later, but an initial reflection on the precedent decision issued today in Matter of D-X- & Y-Z-: the IJ's decision was issued May 25, 2006. Why did it take the BIA over 5 and a half years to decide this appeal?