Morgan Weibel from the Tahirih Justice Center and Sayoni Maitra from the Center of Gender and Refugee Studies wrote this comprehensive article on Matter of A-B-, which calls on adjudicators to construe the decision narrowly and continue to afford women the opportunity to have their claims herd under a fair and just interpretation of the law.
See AllMatter of A–B–: How the Attorney General Attempts to Subvert Asylum Law and Dismiss Domestic Violence As a Private Affair
Survivor Voices
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Anika
Living in India as a divorced single mother was very hard. My abusive first husband abandoned my daughter and I when she was very young and never provided any support. […]
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Anastasia
I came to the U.S. in the winter of 2006. Life back home in Mexico was tough for me and my family. I dreamt of going to college and graduating but with my family’s economic status, that dream was too costly and impossible.
At least I was able to graduate high school and that is something I am proud of since I was also working at the time to help my family. I was always looking for an opportunity to have a better life as a young woman.June 23, 2023
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