Does the Attorney General have the authority to grant asylum to an applicant who is unable to return to his country?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Al-Margani v. I.N.S., 51 F.3d 279 (9th Cir. 1995):
Under section 208(a) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158(a), the Attorney General "has the discretion to grant asylum to an applicant who is unable to return to his [or her] country 'because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.' " Abedini v. INS, 971 F.2d 188, 191 (9th Cir.1992) (citing 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(42)(A)).
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