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Country of OriginMain PSG Alternatives OfferedCognizable?Jurisdiction IJ (if applicable)Date of DecisionRespondent's AttorneyNotes/Remarks
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El Salvador"males wrongly perceived to be gang members"YesBataviaEric Schultz4/3/2024Hassan Ahmad
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El SalvadorSalvadoran womenYesSterlingBonet3/3/2023Jillian Blake
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El SalvadorYoung Salvadoran Woman Vulnerable to Sex Traffickingfamily-based PSGYesAnnandaleTorg3/7/2023Charles KunzTwo Respondents, a mother and a 24 year old daughter, fled El Salvador after local gangs attempted to force the daughter into prostitution and attacked the mother when she reported it. Judge Torg is a former human trafficking prosecutor.
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JamaicaLGBT peopleYesLas VegasBaker1/30/2023Valerie Lopez
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El SalvadorSalvadoran women unable to leave a domestic relationshipYesWard1/12/2022Jillian BlakeIJ made arguments that passage of time of threats dont matter in 4th cir./being married not required etc. to DHS counsel.
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Unknowninvoluntary government informants who are recruited as minors due to their visible traumatic suffering and witness and report criminal activity.YesAnnandaleMcCloskey12/8/2022Kate GordonThis case had gone up to the BIA and was remanded previously. A key part of this victory is that DHS consistently failed to understand that, because past persecution had been established, it had the burden to show change of circumstances/internal relocation, and the TA missed briefing deadlines and argued to evidence (URLs) that was not in the record.
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MexicofamilyYesHoustonEndelman7/27/2022Naimeh Salem
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HondurasImmediate family members of [Respondent's brother's name].YesHoustonBhagat6/30/2022Armand Jawanmardiwithholding of removal
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenYesHyattsvilleGansallo6/28/2022Amelia Wester
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Honduran womenYesNew OrleansMarsteller5/6/2022Prof. Hiroko Kusudadistinguishes Jaco v. Garland
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GuatemalaGuatemalan Children Unable to Leave their Domestic RelationshipFamily members of (Abusive Grandmother), Guatemalan Children, Guatemalan Children viewed as Property, etc. YesLos AngelesAllen4/14/2022Anna Rae Goethehumanitarian asylum, additional future harm from gang members who had threatened the children in the past, plus future emotional harm given their fragile mental state from abuse suffered at the hands of their grandmother
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El Salvadorformer Salvadoran police officersYesCharlotteLopez-Enriquez3/22/2022Hila Moss
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Indiaindian (hindu) women in interfaith marriageIndian women whos disobey their fathers and dishonor family nameYes to both (also granted on religion)NY - BroadwayMaria Ubarri3/17/2022
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Mexico gay men and AIDS/HIV positive individualsYesLos AngelesChon3/14/2022Olypmia Tucci
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HondurasWomen in Honduras /Honduran Women/ Honduran Women Viewed As Property / Honduran Women Unable to Leave Their Domestic PartnershipsFeminsit Political OpinionYes, on both PSG and PO (granted on PO)HyattsvilleKoelsch3/8/2022Nathalie Karpatioral decision rendered, dhs waived appeal, no specific citations stated in decision
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MexicoMexican women viewed as propertyYesSan FranciscoPatrick O'Brien1/25/2022Jesus Martinez
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HondurasHonduran HIV Positive Gay Male living in a same sex marriageYesMiamiRodriguez de Jongh12/1/2021Yanglier Suarezcase was reopened in 2017 based on change of circumstances: HIV and same sex marriage
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El Salvadorfamily of motherSalvadoran womenYesArlingtonMendez11/10/2021Lauren vogthumanitarian asylum. client was abused and threatened by stepfather on account of relationship to her mother.
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HondurasHonduran WomenYesDallasPerez Guzman8/4/2021Hector Ruiz
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Honduras“Honduran women unable to leave a domestic relationship” and “Honduran women viewed as property by virtue of domestic relationship”YesBaltimoreWilliams6/22/2021Jillian BlakeDHS stipulated to asylum; IJ included viewed as property PSG because he reads Orellana v Bar as accepting that PSG in the Fourth Circuit
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HondurasLesbians in HondurasYesHoustonJamadar5/1/2021Mayra Calo
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HondurasHonduran womenYesMiamiCole4/6/2021Alejandra Uribe Cardona Amezcua- he stated the holding didn’t address the one line that says being a woman alone is not enough. He said he was free to address it. He said the psg was immutable, socially distinct, and cognizable; Alvarada- psg of women viewed as property followed matter of ab so he didn’t address it any further
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Hondurasfamily members of (Respondent's mother)YesBaltimoreWilliams3/9/2021Janeth Moreno
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El Salvador Unmarried Mother living under gang control in El SalvadorWomen in El Salvador; anti-gang POYes (both + PO)BaltimoreKoelsch2/19/2021Yelitza Marie Mendozaattempted force relationship/"gang girlfriend" case
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El SalvadorSalvadoran crime witness who testified in open courtYesSeattleEvans1/28/2021Sylvia Miller
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El SalvadorSalvadoran womenactual/imputed political opinionNo (but granted on PO/IPO)BaltimoreVerma12/29/2020Tamara JezicDv case
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Guatemalaindigenous Guatemalan womanimputed political opinionYes (also granted on IPO)BaltimoreKoelsch1/1/2021Paula BrooksDV case
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El Salvadorfamily of [father/MS-13 gang member]YesArlington AO06/19/2020; 12/10/2021Beth Hutchenssibling pair, interviewed by different officers
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Honduraswomen/girls in Honduras children in Honduras viewed as propertyYesArlington AOn/a11/12/2020Alexandra Monroyargued humanitarian Asylum and discussed relevant factors in determining whether compelling reasons make the applicant unwilling to return to her country: (1) duration of persecution; (2) intensity of persecution; (3) age at the time of persecution; (4) persecution of family members; (5) conditions under which the persecution was inflicted; (6) whether it would be unduly frightening or painful for the applicant to return to the country of persecution; and (7) whether there are continuing health or psychological problems or other negative repercussions stemming from the harm inflicted.
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Brazil(1) Brazilian youth (or children) treated as property by virtue of their position in a domestic relationship(2) Brazilian youth (or children) unable to leave their domestic relationships; and (3) Brazilian youth (or children) who are treated as property by one or more members of their family.YesOtay MesaHaliday Roberts10/26/2020Luis Macias
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HondurasHonduran transit driversYesArlingtonDonoso-Stevens (Karen D Stevens)10/1/2020Amy T. PrasannaIJ granted withholding only
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El Salvadorwomen of El SalvadorYesSan FranciscoGeisse10/7/2020Suzan BouladMatter of ACAA came up *a lot*. DHS reserved appeal.
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Hondurastransgender Honduransimputed gay men in HondurasYesPhiladelphiaJohn B. Carle9/25/2020Juliette Elizabeth Gomez
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Hondurasunclear (gender/child/sexual abuse)YesNew Orleans AO9/17/2020Marti Jonesbased on sexual abuse by grandfather
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Honduras Honduran Lesbians; Honduran members of the LGBTQ communityYesEl PasoAbbott8/3/2020Hector RuizRespondent formerly in MPP
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El SalvadorTransgender women in El SalvadorYesEl PasoDean Tuckman7/13/2020Hector Ruiz/Estrella Cedillo
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El SalvadorU.S. law enforcement labeled gang membersYesNew York – Broadway Immigration Court Poctzer6/15/2020Alex Holtzman/Hofstra Law Clinic
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HondurasHonduran women and girlsYesSeattleMcSeveny2/28/2020Kelsey Becknergang-based case
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El Salvadorminor female students under the control and influence of male teachers"girls in El Salvador" and "women in El Salvador."YesBaltimoreCrosland5/1/2020Tamara JezicIJ came up with the PSG on their own
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HondurasHonduran womenYesArlingtonWynne Kelly5/1/2020Bridget CambriaDv-based case; abuser had died prior to IH; IJ found that DHS could not prove that country conditions had significantly changed and that she would continue to be persecuted by the criminal associates/family of her persecutor. In the alternative, he found she should be granted Humanitarian Asylum. There were some inconsistencies in her statements and testimony, but IJ recognized that trauma victims may have problems recounting traumatic events.
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El SalvadorWomen in El SalvadorYesBostonFeder3/10/2020Carmen Bello
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El Salvador imputed snitchesYesMiamiGarcia3/6/2020Roberto Matus
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenNo (lack particularity)NYC - 26 Federal PlazaEhrens2/25/2020Michael Segreto
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MexicoMexican woman in a domestic relationship that she was unable to leaveformer partner of former soldier, familyNoSeattleHeard by Walsh, but decision issued by Scala (because Walsh sat on the decision for a year)2018 (but case heard in 2017)Decision issued more than a year after hearing.
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Guatemala“Guatemalan women”“indigenous Guatemalan women”YesBostonTregerman2/14/2020David Spitzer
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MexicoMexican campesinos from the ejido (communal farmland) Real de Guadalupe in GuerreroYesSan FranciscoStar2/10/2020Luis Macias
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Guatemala"Guatemalan Children Viewed As Property."YesKansas CityHoward1/27/2020Miguel Mariscal
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NicaraguaNicaraguan womenYesNewarkRubin1/21/2020Ingrid Echeverria
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HondurasHonduran people with disabilitiesYesMiamiMander11/26/2019Christina Coello-Coroneldisability was visible; persecution was economic deprivation
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Unknownimmediate family member of mother (who suffered DV from child's father)Unclear (OCC stipulated to withholding)MiamiDowell12/11/2019Roberto Matusweak UAC asylum case based on DV by father against mother; IJ noted that 11th Cir upheld Matter of A-B-, limiting DV-based asylum; after UAC testified and IJ said client was credible, OCC stipulated to Withholding of Removal
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GuatemalaGuatemalan Parents of Disabled ChildrenYesSacramentoGeisse12/11/2019Sasha GanjiTA fought heavily against that PSG stating Tchoukhrova was no longer good law b/c judgment was vacated by supreme court. I argued it was vacated under grounds completely unrelated to PSG finding and IJ agreed!
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UnknownfamilyYesArlingtonLukose12/9/2019Mitzi HellmerPost LEA II; IJ said persecutor perceiving family as a unit is sufficient in 4th Cir, and that LEA didnt change much in this circuit
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GuatemalaYoung Guatemalan homosexual malesYesMiamiBurgess11/26/2019Barbara C SantiagoDHS waived appeal
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Cameroonsexual orientationYesBaltimoreVargas-Padilla11/26/2019Denise HunterDHS stipulated to asylum; no proffer, just put respondent under oath to confirm that the app was true and complete; client still suffers from effects of severe PTSD
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CubaSmallholders who oppose gov't's agricultural policiespolitical opinionYesCigarroa11/23/2019Cathy Potter
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El SalvadorWomen in El SalvadorYesArlingtonSoper11/22/2019Mitzi Hellmer
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El SalvadorEl Salvador WomenYesArlingtonSpath11/15/2019Paul Fantl
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El SalvadorSalvadoran males with tattoos (not gang tattoos)YesSan FranciscoPaulino11/14/2019Lissette Gomez client had multiple arrests and detentions where he suffered beatings, etc, where judge would throw out case for lack of evidence of any crime; OCC did not object to PSG
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El SalvadorEl Salvador WomenYesLos AngelesJasso11/9/2019Laura Weinstockclients were mother and daughter who faced persecution because gangs wanted 14yo girl
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HondurasHonduran womenYesMiamiCole10/31/2019Jeff Botelhopast persecution was rape and attempted murder by GM who tried to control her relations w/non-gang men
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenYesPhiladelphiaHoneyman10/30/2019Jacquelyn Kline
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Mexicogay Mexican menYesAO10/29/2019Chelan Crutcher-HerrejonOYFD issue
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenYesBostonGagnon10/26/2019Deirdre Giblin
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GuatemalaGuatemalan women; family members of abuserrace (indigenous Guatemalan)n/a (granted on racial grounds)MiamiVidela10/24/2019Mark Mullerin one instance of abuse, abuser called client a "dirty Indian"
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HondurasHonduran Women viewed as propertyYesKansas CityHoward10/24/2019Angie Williams
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HondurasWomen in Hondurasformer police officers; anti-corruption political opinionn/a (granted on PO grounds)MiamiErica McGuirk10/23/2019Jeff Botelhowithholding only
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Ecuador Ecuadorean femalesYesSan Francisco AO10/22/2019Lee Ratner
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Unknown “female members of the [redacted] family.”YesOmaha9/27/2019CGRS Database Case No. 37160 (CGRS does not currently have permission to circulate decision on file).
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El Salvadornuclear familyanti-gang political opinionYesBoston AOFeder9/18/2019
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Ecuador gay HIV+ menyesBethpage AOn/a9/10/2019
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El Salvadorfamily members of [parents living in US and sending money back to youngest son]YesBaltimoreVerma8/30/2019
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Colombiafamily members of former/retired police officersYesSan DiegoRomig8/27/2019
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HondurasHonduran women viewed as property by virtue of their domestic relationship.Honduran women who have violated social norms.YesChicagoDefoe8/27/2019
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El SalvadorNuclear family of *abuser*YesBaltimoreCrosland8/21/2019
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Guatemaladomestic partners of gang leaders who view them as propertyYesBaltimoreVargas Padilla8/20/2019
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HondurasHonduran womenHonduran women in a domestic relationship; Honduran women in a domestic relationship treated as property Yes (all)New YorkZagzoug6/21/2019Rebecca Soroka
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El Salvadorchildren without adequate parental protectionSalvadoran womenYesLos AngelesJasso6/19/2019Granted on humanitarian grounds (no WFF, but risk of other serious harm)
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GuatemalaGuatemalan women who are viewed as property because they are in a domestic relationshipYesArlingtonHong6/17/2019
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ColombiaGay Colombians with HIVYesBoston AOn/a6/17/2019
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenYesArlingtonSpath6/17/2019
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GuatemalaGuatemalan WomenYesPhiladelphiaMorley5/15/2019
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UnknownDomestic partners of high-level gang members who view them as propertyYesBaltimoreVargas Padilla5/1/2019Jennifer Bibby-Gerth
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VenezuelaVenezuelans viewed as "escualidos" or "traitors to the fatherland" YesSalt Lake CityGreer4/30/2019 teacher forced to participate in pro-government marches, but he would speak out against government in school and in marches, kidnapped and beaten for it
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Guatemala Indigenous Guatemalan womenGuatemalan indigenous females without male protectionYesSan FranciscoSwink3/29/2019Sarah Heilbrungranted on basis of "disfavored groups" analysis
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El SalvadorSalvadoran womenYesBaltimorePhillip Williams3/7/2019
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El SalvadorWomen who are Viewed as Property by Virtue of their Position in the Domestic RelationshipYesSan FranciscoPicton3/7/2019DV Asylum case from Guatemala; Judge found Matter of A-B- did not change the nexus requirement and granted
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MexicoMexican womenYesDenverTrujillo3/7/2019Camila Palmer
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Guatemalavictims of (attempted) forced abortionYes (based on statutory protection for victims of forced abortion)PortlandLyons4/10/2020Abigail MolinaGuatemala indigenous Mam. DV and rape resulted in pregnancy and persecution because she refused to abort child. We proposed many PSGs but IJ chose to grant based on statutory authority for victims of (attempted) forced abortion.
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GuatemalaGuatemalan womenWomen in GuatemalaPerhaps (but failed on nexus) AtlantaMaldonado3/6/2019Jeremy SmithFailed on nexus, saying that it was private criminal activity and not perpetrated against Respondent because she is a Guatemalan woman or woman in Guatemala.
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El SalvadorWomen in [X country]Women unable to leave a relationship, women viewed as property in a domestic relationshipYes (granted on humanitarian basis)BaltimoreDornell2/27/2019Naima SaidDV asylum granted based on humanitarian grounds. Judge found that on the merits my client had established past persecution, viable PSG and nexus but didn’t grant asylum on that because the persecutor followed her to the US and pretty much left her alone. She granted humanitarian asylum based on past persecution and the other serious harm she would suffer on account of death threats by gang members.
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GuatemalaWomen of the XX family.Guatemalan womenYesMiamiMartinez-Esquivel2/1/2019victim of domestic violence, brother was the aggressor, PSG: Women of the XX family. Government waived appeal
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HondurasHonduran victims of gang crime who reported the crime or act as a witness to gang crimeYesKansas CityHoward11/1/2018Angela WilliamsAvailable at: https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1combined-pdf-pdf.pdf
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MexicoMexican females(feminist political opinion)YesSan FranciscoHayward9/13/2018Available at: http://immigrationcourtside.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SF-IJ-Hayward-DV-PSG-grant.pdf
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MexicoMexican women"Indigent Mexican Women," and "Mexican Women with Limited EducationYesDePaolo8/23/2018
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El SalvadorImmediate family members of Salvadoran police officersanti-gang POyesKansas CityHoward8/22/2018Nicole Cortes
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El SalvadorSalvadoran youth gang defectors who repudiated MS-13 with concrete actionsreligion, political opinion, Salvadoran youth who gang members in control of their neighborhood expect to acquiesce to gang recruitment, Salvadoran youth from Usulutan without parental protection, Salvadoran Seventh Day Adventist youth leaders taking concrete actions to repudiate gangs on moral and religious groundsYesCharlotteHolmes-Simmons8/18/2018Gigi GardnerIndividual was 9/28/2017. Decision issued almost a year after the individual.
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Guatemalafamily members of [abusive husband]Guatemalan women; Guatemalan women who are unable to leave a domestic relationshipyesBaltimoreCrosland8/8/2018DV by husband, and DV by husband's brother who was a member of the police rising through the ranks.
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MexicoTransgender women in MexicoYesDenverTrujillo7/16/2018
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El Salvadorsingle Salvadoran mothers who lack male protection"single Salvadoran mothers" and "El Salvadoran female heads of household"YesCharlotteHarris7/12/2018