Garland vacates two Trump-era orders that made it hard for immigrants to win asylum
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland vacated two Trump-era immigration orders Wednesday that had made it difficult for many immigrants entering the U.S. to win their asylum cases.
Garland said in a statement that immigration court judges should ignore both decisions until they undergo a rulemaking process with public comment.
The first, known as the Matter of A-B, issued by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, made it nearly impossible for victims of domestic violence or gang violence to qualify for asylum. Sessions had said women unable to leave violent relationships did not count as a "particular social group" under the definition of asylum.
The second decision Garland vacated, the matter of L-E-A, issued by former Attorney General William Barr in 2019, said that membership in a nuclear family did not qualify as a social group and that therefore people whose families were threatened did not qualify.
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