An Albanian refugee seeking asylum from sex trafficking may be able to stay in the United States because of a federal appellate ruling requiring immigration authorities to re-evaluate whether she is a member of a specialized group that needs protection.
The remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit gives the Board of Immigration Appeals a chance to apply a new and apparently shifting standard on “particularized social group” to a woman whose claim for asylum is predicated on her status as a young, unmarried woman in a region of rampant human trafficking.
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