Article Trump administration won’t consider violence against women in immigration
Article Trump administration won’t consider violence against women in immigration
Quote:Civil rights organizations condemned the decision, which is binding on immigration courts, for discounting decades of precedent regarding the gender-based oppression women and girls suffer in many countries.
“Women who face violence, oppression and social invisibility simply because of their gender must be protected — not turned away,” said Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
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Quote:Civil rights organizations condemned the decision, which is binding on immigration courts, for discounting decades of precedent regarding the gender-based oppression women and girls suffer in many countries.
“Women who face violence, oppression and social invisibility simply because of their gender must be protected — not turned away,” said Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
Quote:The Justice Department has determined women no longer may cite gender-based violence as grounds for seeking asylum in the U.S.
Quote:The 1951 Refugee Convention requires refugees and asylum seekers to demonstrate “a well-founded fear” of persecution based on political identification, race, religion, nationality or social group.
Quote:The Justice Department has determined women no longer may cite gender-based violence as grounds for seeking asylum in the U.S.
Quote:The 1951 Refugee Convention requires refugees and asylum seekers to demonstrate “a well-founded fear” of persecution based on political identification, race, religion, nationality or social group.