Tagged #particular-social-group
Every article we've published on this topic, sorted by the agency's own announcement date.
USCIS
Gender-Based Violence Claims Just Got Harder: What the BIA's K-E-S-G- Decision Means
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that sex and gender alone cannot define a particular social group in asylum claims. Learn what practitioners and clients need to do now.
removal defense
USCIS
Matter of K-E-S-G-: BIA Narrows Gender-Based Asylum Protections
The Board of Immigration Appeals narrows the particular social group definition for asylum seekers fleeing gender-based persecution, requiring asylum practitioners to add specificity and proof of social recognition to gender-based claims.
humanitarian