Guidance on Matter of C-A-

Document source:

United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Date:
12 January 2007

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Title

Guidance on Matter of C-A-

Document source

United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

Date

12 January 2007

Document type

Operational Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Country

United States of America (the)

Colombia

Keywords

Asylum policy

Non-state agents of persecution

Social group persecution

Comments:

Provides guidance on the application of Matter of C-A-, 23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006), affd, Castillo-Arias v. U.S. Atty Gen., 446 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2006), where the court addresses the meaning of a particular social group and fact patterns involving police officers, soldiers or government informants.

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