Xin He v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Xin Yu He petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his claim for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We grant the petition for review and remand the case to the BIA to reassess He’s jurisdictional argument under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (“TVPRA”).

1. He argues that the TVPRA divests the IJ of jurisdiction over his asylum application. The TVPRA gives “unaccompanied alien children” 1 the…