1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Asylum and Related Protections for Aliens Who Fear Gang and Domestic Violence Updated September 23, 2020 Update: After this Sidebars initial publication, the federal district court for the District of Col
2、umbia ruled that several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policies discussed in this Sidebar, issued after the Attorney Generals decision in Matter of A-B-, were unlawful. The court enjoined USCIS from applying these policies with respect to credible fear determinations. On July 17,
3、 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part. While the opinion was wide-ranging, the end result is that USCIS remains barred from implementing certain policies that were adopted after the Matter of A-B- decision, such as those requiring applicants to s
4、how their home countrys government “condoned” or was “completely helpless” in responding to private acts of persecution, and policies requiring asylum officers to apply the judicial precedent of the circuit in which a credible fear interview occurs. But USCISs asylum eligibility policies may be info
