The Sixth Circuit has deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in Matter of M-A-C-O- and determined that an Immigration Judge properly assumed jurisdiction over the asylum application of an unaccompanied minor who did not file his asylum application until after his 18th birthday.

The full text of Cuellar Garcia v. Barr can be found here:

https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0178p-06.pdf

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