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RIN: 1125-AA75

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Asylum and Withholding Definitions
Abstract: This rule would provide guidance on a number of issues central to the adjudication of applications for asylum and withholding of removal. In particular, this rule would clarify the definitions of "particular social group" and "persecution," as well as the statutory requirement that, to result in asylum eligibility, persecution must be "on account of" a protected ground. This rule would also make clear that, under certain circumstances, a person who has suffered, or fears suffering, domestic violence can qualify for asylum or withholding of removal. The Department of Justice began this regulatory initiative in 2000 by publishing a proposed rule.
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 1208
Legal Authority: 8 USC 1101 8 USC 1103 8 USC 1158 8 USC 1226 8 USC 1252 8 USC 1282 title VII of PL 110-229

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/07/2000	65 FR 76588
NPRM Comment Period End	01/22/2001
NPRM	10/00/2014
NPRM Comment Period End	12/00/2014

Additional Information: The Department of Justice began this regulatory initiative in 2000 by publishing a proposed rule (65 FR 76588).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Charles Adkins-Blanch Acting General Counsel Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Office of the General Counsel, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600, Falls Church, VA 22041 Phone:703 305-0470 Fax:703 305-0443 Email: eoir.regs.@usdoj.gov