Matter of S-E-G-
BIA
24 I&N Dec. 579 (BIA 2008)
2008
Holding
Salvadoran youth who resist gang recruitment and family members of such youth do not constitute cognizable PSGs; the proposed groups lacked the required particularity and social visibility.
Practitioner Note
Companion to Matter of E-A-G-. Applied new social visibility and particularity requirements to gang-based claims.
Topics
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