O-A-R-G

Citations

• 29 I. & N. Dec. 30

Syllabus

(1) Where a particular social group is defined by \former\ status, Immigration Judges must ensure the persecutor's conduct was based on a desire to overcome or animus toward the respondent's membership in a group defined specifically by that former status, not retribution for conduct the respondent engaged in while a current member of the group.