The Eighth Circuit has determined that the terms of temporary members of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) can be renewed. The court also remanded a religion-based asylum claim, remanding for the Board to consider whether statements and actions by gang members demonstrated that the applicant’s evangelizing was one central reason for the harm he suffered.

The full text of Rivera v. Garland can be found here: https://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/24/07/232351P.pdf

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