News tagged Female Genital Mutilation
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Two Troublesome Court Decisions Limit FGM as Grounds for Refugee Status
September 5th, 2007The highest immigration appellate court, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), issued two precedent-setting decisions that advocates fear will limit the ability of a woman to receive refugee status because of female genital cutting.
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A New Life and New Hope
June 11th, 1998She wisecracks like a sassy college kid and teases her lawyer like an older sister. She delivers speeches without notes and tosses off legal phrases without hesitation.
