The Attorney General (AG) has determined that the bar to eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal based on the persecution of others does not include an exception for coercion or duress. The AG additionally determined that the Department of Homeland Security does not have an evidentiary burden to show that an applicant is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal based on the persecution of others.
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