Revisiting Asylum Law in the Context of Domestic Violence Victims

By Center for Immigration Studies on 05/08/2018

“… women who are victims of domestic violence are indeed members of a particular social group because of their gender, and therefore they receive asylum. Does that mean, then, that men who are victims of domestic abuse should not get asylum? I realize that statistically, violence against men is less common, but it isn’t unknown by any means, either in the United States or abroad. …”

Read the entire article: https://cis.org/Cadman/Revisiting-Asylum-Law-Context-Domestic-Violence-Victims