No Asylum For Woman Who Fled Domestic Violence: 1st Circ.

By Kelly Knaub ( August 11, 2016, 11:44 AM EDT) -- The First Circuit on Wednesday denied a Salvadoran woman's petition for asylum based on persecution from an abusive relationship, saying she failed to establish that her proposed social group of "women in intimate relationships with partners who view them as property" shares immutable characteristics and has social distinction....

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