Wrong 'Social Distinction' Scope Upends Deportation Relief

By Rae Ann Varona ( June 5, 2026, 8:37 PM EDT) -- An immigration appeals board ruled Friday that the "social distinction" of a deportation relief seeker's proposed social group must be measured on a countrywide basis, vacating relief granted to a Honduran mother who claimed a gang threatened to kill her....

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