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Family Fleeing: Family Membership as a Basis for Asylum

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Author: 
Christine Natoli
Date: 
Apr 01, 2020
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This article analyzes the existing state of U.S., foreign, and international law on persecution on account of “membership in a particular social group” defined by family and explores how this theory can be applied in practice in the wake of the 2019 Attorney General ruling in Matter of L-E-A-.