Legal Opinion
L-E-A
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2019No. ID 3959PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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27 I&N Dec. 581
(A.G. 2019) Interim Decision #3959 Matter of L-E-A-, Respondent Decided by Attorney General July 29, 2019 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (1) In Matter of L-E-A-,
27 I&N Dec. 40
(BIA 2017), the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly recognized the respondent’s father’s immediate family as a “particular social group” for purposes of qualifying for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act. (2) All asylum applicants seeking to establish membership in a “particular social group,” including groups defined by family or kinship ties, must…
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