9th Circ. Says Domestic Violence Asylum Claims Aren't Invalid

By Hailey Konnath ( August 11, 2020, 10:11 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a pair of Board of Immigration Appeals decisions denying asylum to women fleeing domestic violence in El Salvador and Mexico, finding that former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision in Matter of A-B- doesn't totally bar domestic violence victims from protection on that basis....

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