REQUIRED READING
1. Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I&N Dec. 227 (BIA 2014)
2. Matter of W-G-R-, 26 I&N Dec. 208 (BIA 2014)
3. Matter of A-B-, 28 I&N Dec. 307 (A.G. 2021)
4. Matter of A-R-C-G-, 26 I&N Dec. 388 (BIA 2014)
5. Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017)
Required Reading – International and Refugee Adjudications
Required Reading – Asylum Adjudications
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
1. Matter of C-A-, 23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006)
2. Matter of Acosta, 19 I&N Dec. 211, 233-34 (BIA 1985)
3. Lynden D. Melmed, USCIS Chief Counsel. Guidance on Matter of C-A-,
Memorandum to Lori Scialabba, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum and
International Operations (Washington, DC: January 12, 2007).
4. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on International
Protection: “Membership of a particular social group” within the context of Article
1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of
Refugees. HCR/GIP/02/02, 7 May 2002, 5 pp.
5. Phyllis Coven. INS Office of International Affairs. Considerations For Asylum
Officers Adjudicating Asylum Claims From Women (Gender Guidelines),
Memorandum to all INS Asylum Officers, HQASM Coordinators (Washington, DC:
26 May 1995), 19 p. See also RAIO Training Module, Gender-Related Claims.
6. Rosemary Melville. INS Office of International Affairs. Follow Up on Gender
Guidelines Training, Memorandum to Asylum Office Directors, SAOs, AOs
(Washington, DC: 7 July 1995), 8 p.
7. Paul W. Virtue. INS Office of General Counsel. Whether Somali Clan Membership
May Meet the Definition of Membership in a Particular Social Group under the INA,
Memorandum to Kathleen Thompson, INS Office of International Affairs
(Washington, DC: 9 December 1993), 7 p.
Additional Resources – International and Refugee Adjudications