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 been or will...
In a precedent decision on March 27, 2014, the Board has held in Matter of C-J-H- that a person whose status has been adjusted from asylee to lawful permanent resident cannot subsequently readjust status under section 209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8...
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 replaced it with "social...