Legal Opinion
M-E-V-G
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2014No. ID 3795PublishedCited by 573 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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26 I&N Dec. 227
(BIA 2014) Interim Decision #3795 Matter of M-E-V-G-, Respondent Decided February 7, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) In order to clarify that the “social visibility” element required to establish a cognizable “particular social group” does not mean literal or “ocular” visibility, that element is renamed as “social distinction.” Matter of E-A-G-,
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(BIA 2008); Matter of S-E-G-,
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(BIA 2008); Matter of A-M-E- &J-G-U-,
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(BIA 2007); and Matter of C-A-,
23 I&N Dec. 951
(B…
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