Turn Asylum on its Head and Presume Eligibility

By Bill Ong Hing on September 25, 2022

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Introduction

 
Thirty-five years ago, I was fortunate to be part of the litigation team that won big before the U.S. Supreme Court in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca,[1] the case that established that asylum applicants “need not prove that it is more likely than not” that they will be persecuted in their home countries in order to prevail.[2]

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