Category Archives: Asylum

Matter of O-Y-A-E- (BIA 2025): BIA Clarifies Convention Against Torture Standard—Old Threats Alone Are Not Enough

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Mike Baker

BIA Tightens CAT Protection: Matter of O-Y-A-E- Read the official opinion: Matter of O-Y-A-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 190 (BIA 2025) Quick Overview New Precedent: General threats and countrywide danger no longer qualify for protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) … Continue reading →

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Matter of G-C-I-: The BIA Just Rewrote the Rules for Credibility and Corroboration

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Mike Baker

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a landmark decision today that fundamentally reshapes how Immigration Judges can evaluate asylum seekers and other applicants for protection from removal. In Matter of G-C-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025), decided on … Continue reading →

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CBP Releases Statistics Showing Increasing in Credible Fear Claims During Fiscal Year 2018

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Mike Baker

On December 10, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released statistics regarding claims of fear by those who are determined to be inadmissible at ports of entry, or apprehended along the border, by U.S. Border Patrol agents. In recent … Continue reading →

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Recent Cases United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (October 2017-December 2018. CA7)

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Mike Baker

Alvarenga-Flores v. Sessions Citation Case Number: No. 17-2920 Decision Date: August 28, 2018 Federal District: Petition for Review, Order of Bd. of Immigration Appeals Holding: Petition denied Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of application for asylum relief, … Continue reading →

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CA7 remands Immigration judge’s credibility findings with respect to asylum applicant claiming persecution in Moldova

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Mike Baker

Record failed to contain sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s application for asylum and withholding of removal relief, where alien alleged that police in Moldova persecuted him on account of his political beliefs. Although IJ found that alien … Continue reading →

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