To Defer or Not to Defer, That is the Question

Jaya Ramji-Nogales has an excellent post on IntLawGrrls on the Second Circuit’s decision in Kone v. Holder in which it rejected the Board of Immigration Appeals’ latest ruling in an asylum case based on feared female genital mutiliation.  Given the miserable track record of the BIA, how can any deference to the agency be justified?

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