Edgar Cordoba v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

These cases, consolidated for purposes of disposition, both present the question of whether landownership may form the basis for membership in a particular social group for purposes of eligibility for asylum. Because the agency did not have the benefit of our recent en banc decision in Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder when it adjudicated petitioners’ claims, we grant the petitions for review and remand for the BIA to reconsider its determinations.

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The Attorney General may, in his discretion, grant asylum to applicants determined to be refugees within the meaning of…