Do abused women need asylum? 4 essential reads
- Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on June 11 reversed an appeals court ruling that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman who had fled sexual, emotional and physical abuse back home, upending nearly a decade of legal precedent about who should qualify as a refugee.
In 2009, the Obama administration determined that foreign women who suffer severe sexual...