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PSG REGULATIONS 8 CFR 208.1(c) Particular social group. For purposes of adjudicating an application for asylum under section 208 of the Act or an application for withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Act, a particular social group is one that...

LGBT Particular Social Group The applicant must prove that the persecution they fear in the future is motivated by their actual or imputed membership in a PSG. Since 1994, when Attorney General Janet Reno designated Matter of Toboso-Alfonso as precedent, “hom...

  SECOND CIRCUIT   Resistance to Female Subordination to Male Dominance in El Salvador Hernandez Chacon v. Barr, No. (2d Cir. Jan. 23, 2020): “resistance to the norm of female subordination to male dominance that pervades El Salvador.” • “There is ample e...

Formulating a PSG During the past decade, it has become increasingly important that attorneys formulate PSGs carefully and with a clear understanding of the current law in their jurisdictions. Moreover, since PSG claims are now more likely to result in federa...

Family Membership as Particular Social GroupPSG practice advisory_final 7 19 21.pdfNexus_-_Particular_Social_Group_PSG_LP_RAIO.pdfNexusRegardless of whether an asylum applicant seeks protection on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or m...