Biden Administration Reverses Trump-Era Policies Narrowing Asylum Terms

We The People should be so glad that Merrick Garland did not become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. He was a President Obama nominee.

Since when is domestic violence a reason for asylum? It is already hard to prove domestic violence in a U.S. court of law!

"U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday overturned two cases decided by the Trump administration Justice Department that made immigrants fleeing domestic or gang violence in their home countries generally ineligible for asylum in the U.S.

In the first case, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions had ruled in 2018 that domestic and gang violence are forms of private criminal activity generally not covered by asylum laws. In the second case, then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 had stated that membership in a family—such as one being targeted by a gang or drug cartel—also generally couldn’t qualify someone for a grant of asylum. ..."

Biden Administration Reverses Trump-Era Policies Narrowing Asylum Terms - WSJ Attorney general vacates decisions in two cases involving domestic and gang violence for applicants