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NIWAP Library Amicus brief May 12, 2021

Maria Luisa Rodriguez Tornes v. William P. Barr

“Amicus Curiae Brief in Maria Luisa Rodriguez Tornes vs. William P. Barr” NIWAP led an amicus brief with DLA Piper for a case filed in the 9th Circuit discussing how domestic violence victims are able to receive gender-based asylum because they domestic violence they experience is based on their social group membership. NIWAP’s brief documented the cultural, religious and social conditions that domestic violence victims suffer that serves as a valid basis for domestic violence related gender bas

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief May 12, 2021

Petition for asylum was granted and remand for further proceedings by Circuit Judge Graber and Judge Richard A. Paez (04/05/21)

In this opinion the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that Rodrigues Tornes is eligible for gender based asylum because her domestic abusers (both her former husband and later another former intimate partner) persecuted her for her feminist opinions and views on her rights as a woman. In this case issued after both “Matter of A-B- I” and “Matter of A-B- II the 9th Circuit federal court of appeals ruled that a woman who was persecuted by domestic abusers because of a feminist political o

Asylum Removal defense BIA Court of appeals Direct PDF
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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Nov 11, 2015

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division ruling

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia decision regarding Plaintiff’s (European Connections & Tours) challenge of IMBRA under the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution; specifically challenging the portions of the IMBRA statute relating to the disclosure of background information and the definition of International Marriage Brokers. Court dismissed the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

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Removal defense VAWA / U / T Cross-forum
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NIWAP Library Amicus brief No date

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Special immigrant Children and SIJS Cross-forum
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