The BIA Narrows Asylum Relief

Kevin R. Johnson

11 Oct 2026 — 1 min read

The Trump administration continues to rewrite immigration and refugee law. In Matter of B-S-A-N-, last week the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that

"(1) Immigration Judges should generally deny asylum applications filed by nationals of highly developed, democratic countries that broadly respect and protect human rights, except in extraordinary circumstances involving national security or foreign policy considerations. (2) European Union citizens are presumptively ineligible for a discretionary grant of asylum in the United States because they are entitled to indefinitely reside lawfully in any EU member state."

So much for individualized asylum adjudications!

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Report: Architecture of Cruelty: Third Country Removal Agreements and the Second Trump Administration

FWD.us: Statement on the Delays in DACA Removal Processing

From the Bookshelves: Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate by Jacob Richard Thomas

NPR: ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say