{"id":139745,"date":"2018-06-11T20:45:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/us-rejects-asylum-case-in-landmark-ruling\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T20:45:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T20:45:26","slug":"us-rejects-asylum-case-in-landmark-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/us-rejects-asylum-case-in-landmark-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"US rejects asylum case in landmark ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sessions\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5C87\/production\/_101978632_gettyimages-971497606.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">The US attorney general has rejected an asylum bid from an El Salvador woman who was beaten and raped by her ex-husband, in a landmark ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Sessions said being a victim of domestic abuse or gang violence does not necessarily qualify for US asylum.<\/p>\n<p>America&#039;s top law official said the &quot;asylum statute is not a general hardship statute&quot; and that immigrants were exploiting the system.<\/p>\n<p>Activists say the move will affect tens of thousands of asylum applications.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Generally, claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence or gang violence perpetrated by non-governmental actors will not qualify for asylum,&quot; Mr Sessions wrote in his ruling. <\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes - such as domestic violence or gang violence - or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crime, cannot itself establish an asylum claim.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Activists say the ruling will especially resonate in Central America, where gang violence is rampant.<\/p>\n<p>Migrants from that region frequently cite gang violence as the reason for seeking refuge in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images The US attorney general has rejected an asylum bid from an El Salvador woman who was beaten and raped by her ex-husband, in a landmark ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}