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Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members

Immigrants in the United States illegally are not automatically eligible for asylum on the basis that they are former gang members who risk persecution if they return home, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. Three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld federal immigration standards that exclude former gang members from social ...

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