Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 10, 2020
9th Circuit overrules immigration board to allow asylum seeker to stay for now
The majority opinion concluded the board wrongly interpreted Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to reject the asylum claim of a Guatemalan woman who sought asylum based on alleged domestic violence from her common-law husband.
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday the Board of Immigration Appeals was misinterpreting a major 2018 decision by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on asylum claims by alleged victims of domestic violence as a "categorical bar."
The majority opinion, authored by Judge Morgan Christen -- an appointee of President Barack Obama -- concluded ...
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