Political Asylum

Finding the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals “disregarded and distorted significant portions of the record,” the Fourth Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Political-asylum.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="revived (opens in a new tab)">revived</a></strong> a Salvadoran woman's claim for political asylum.

RICHMOND, Va. — Finding the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals “disregarded and distorted significant portions of the record,” the Fourth Circuit revived a Salvadoran woman’s claim for political asylum.

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