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January 18, 2019
Gov't Takes Domestic Violence Asylum Battle To DC Circ.
The Trump administration is turning to the D.C. Circuit to protest a judge's decision to scrap a policy established by former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that largely barred victims of domestic and gang violence from obtaining asylum, according to a notice filed Thursday.
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January 10, 2019
DC Court Urged To Pause Nixing Of Asylum Restrictions
The federal government has urged a District of Columbia federal court to pause an order that struck down a recent Trump administration policy largely barring victims of domestic and gang violence from obtaining asylum, asserting that Congress would want the matter on hold during a potential appeal.
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December 19, 2018
Asylum Block On Victims Of Domestic, Gang Violence Is Nixed
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday struck down a recent Trump administration policy largely barring victims of domestic and gang violence from obtaining asylum, finding that it violated both the Administrative Procedure Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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November 01, 2018
Feds Fight ACLU Bid For Extra-Record Docs In Asylum Suit
The Trump administration fought back against a bid by the American Civil Liberties Union to include additional evidence in a lawsuit challenging tightened restrictions on asylum eligibility for domestic abuse survivors, urging a D.C. federal court in a Wednesday filing to strike numerous court documents from the record.
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October 11, 2018
Feds Defend Sessions' Higher Asylum Standard At DC Court
The federal government defended U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' move to restrict the ability of domestic abuse survivors to be granted asylum, arguing in a Wednesday filing in D.C. federal court that the Trump administration's policy memo is just an interpretation of existing asylum law, not an official policy change, shielding it from judicial review.
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October 05, 2018
UN Agency Backs Challenge Of Stricter Asylum Guidelines
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has backed asylum seekers facing deportation in their D.C. federal court suit challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' implementation of stricter criteria for asylum claims, saying the new policy runs counter to long-standing international human rights standards.
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August 08, 2018
ACLU Challenges Stricter Asylum Rule For Abuse Victims
The American Civil Liberties Union has challenged in D.C. federal court the Trump administration's new policy that makes it more difficult for survivors of domestic abuse to qualify for asylum, claiming the policy change violates due process and robs many immigrants fleeing persecution of their right to apply for asylum protections.