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AILA Policy Brief: USCIS Guidance on Matter of A-B- Blocks Protections for Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Refugees
This AILA Policy Brief examines how USCIS’s memorandum on Matter of A-B- profoundly restricts the ability of vulnerable individuals to obtain asylum or refugee status in the United States and will result in the deportation of bona fide asylum seekers who are fleeing life-threatening danger.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 18072308.
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