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THREAD: Trump's Justice Department just made a shameful, last-ditch attempt to restrict asylum.
The Acting AG issued a new decision in our client Ms. A.B.'s case - which has become the battleground on the issue of whether domestic violence survivors can qualify for asylum. (1/6)
The Acting AG issued a new decision in our client Ms. A.B.'s case - which has become the battleground on the issue of whether domestic violence survivors can qualify for asylum. (1/6)
(2/6) Back in 2018, then-AG Jeff Sessions plucked Ms. A.B.'s case from the courts, using it as a vehicle to declare that "generally" DV survivors, people targeted by gangs, and others fleeing abuses by non-government actors should not qualify for asylum. #ImmigrantWomenToo
(3/6) The ruling, known as Matter of A-B-, led to a sharp downturn in asylum grant rates for people fleeing epidemic levels of violence in Central America, as reported by @humanrights1st.
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