The Second Circuit has determined that a dual national need only establish a well-founded fear of persecution in one of her countries of nationality in order to qualify as a refugee. The court did not that a second nationality would be relevant to the firm resettlement bar and discretion, and therefore, a dual national refugee might still not be granted asylum.

The full text of Zepeda-Lopez v. Garland can be found here:

https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/985524eb-c9c6-4dc3-a65e-c4624d3f8ecb/2/doc/19-145_opn.pdf#xml=https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/985524eb-c9c6-4dc3-a65e-c4624d3f8ecb/2/hilite/

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