Asylum refers to a legal protection granted in the United States to foreign nationals or immigrants who meet the international definition of a refugee. According to the United Nations Refugee Act of 1980, a refugee is someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution “on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”. An asylee...
If you are concerned about immigration rights, then it is important for you to know about the power that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has over immigration law. Typically, the ultimate authority over the immigration is the Justice Department's Board of Immigration Appeals, but Sessions can set whatever precedents he believes to be necessary. He can also assign cases to himself. Recently, Sessions asserted his power when he decided to revoke a...