Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Social group persecution

EOIR held the applicant had established well founded fear of persecution on account of her membership in a particular social group comprised of members of her family (family targeted for persecution by an El Salvadoran gang, MS-13).

21 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

9 August 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United States of America

18 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America

U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court, El Paso Texas

18 December 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America