Immigration Briefings December 2003 ASYLUM FOR VICTIMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAW, AND AN ANALYSIS OF 45 UNPUBLISHED DECISIONS by KAREN MUSALO and STEPHEN KNIGHT [FNa1]
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The treatment of gender claims in the U.S. has been in flux, with developments tending towards recognition of these claims being followed by those which seem to limit or even eliminate such recognition. This Briefing will trace these developments, with a focus on what has transpired since the issuance of a proposed regulation in December 2000, [FN3] and then-Attorney General Janet Reno's vacation of the BIA's decision in Matter of R-A[FN4] in January 2001.
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