Immigration
Mar. 23, 2001
Asylum Extended to Victims of Severe Domestic Violence
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first such ruling by a federal circuit, an appeals court held Wednesday that victims of severe domestic violence may seek asylum based on the family abuse because the family constitutes a protected "social group" under U.S. asylum law.
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