Vitore Rreshpja v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

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• concluding that, aside from the fact of persecution, the group included all “young, attractive Albanian women”
• concluding that, aside from the fact of persecution, the group included all “young, attractive Albanian women”
• holding that young attractive Albanian women who are forced into prostitution lacked the social visibility necessary to identify such persons as a particular social group
• recognizing that “almost all of the pertinent decisions have rejected generalized, sweeping classifications for purposes of asylum” and finding the group of “young (or those who appear to be young), attractive Albanian women who are forced into prostitution” too generalized
• explaining that “generalized, sweeping classifications” of persons do not constitute a particular social group under the INA
• finding that a group of young, attractive women is too broad to qualify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).