BIA Crafts 'Duress' Defense For Persecutor Asylum Seekers
By Kevin Penton ( June 29, 2018, 5:43 PM EDT) -- A split Board of Immigration Appeals panel on Thursday used the case of a former armed guard in Eritrea to craft a "duress" defense that can be used by foreign-born individuals seeking asylum or withholding of removal when claiming that they were forced to persecute others before coming to the U.S....
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