Matter of A-R-C-G-
Board of Immigration Appeals
26 I. & N. Dec. 388 (2014)
Relevant factsFree
A Guatemalan wife (plaintiff), repeatedly abused by her husband while local police refused to intervene in what they viewed as a spousal dispute, attempted to leave multiple times, but her husband found her each time and threatened to kill her if she left again; she fled to the United States and applied for asylum and withholding of removal, claiming membership in the social group of married Guatemalan women unable to leave their relationship. The immigration judge denied her applications, and she appealed.
IssueFree
Whether victims of domestic violence in a particular country can constitute a particular social group under the Immigration and Nationality Act, making them eligible for asylum.