NEW BIA CASE STATES THAT AN “AGED-OUT” CHILD STILL QUALIFIES FOR DERIVATIVE ASYLUM
In a recent case decided by the BIA,Matter of A-Y-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 791 (BIA2012), the Board reversed the decision of an immigration judge (“IJ”) in California. The Board found that the 23-year-old unmarried child was eligible for derivative asylum status since she was under 21 when the asylum application was pending. This is not […]