Matter of L-E-A- (AG July 29, 2019)

  • Organization: Board of Immigration Appeals
  • Document Type: Case law/admin decisions
  • Date Created: Monday, July 29, 2019
  • Attachment(s): PDF

While the Board has recognized certain clans and subclans as “particular social groups,” most nuclear families are not inherently socially distinct and therefore do not qualify as “particular social groups.”

CLINIC practice pointer here

Topics:
  • Social Group