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Second Circuit Construes Changed Circumstances Exception to One Year Filing Deadline for Asylum

The Second Circuit has determined that once an applicant for asylum demonstrates changed circumstances related to some aspect of her asylum claim - thus, excusing her from compliance with the one-year filing deadline - the immigration court must consider all aspects of her asylum claim, not just those related to the changed circumstances.

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

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8dbbcd48-6c17-44c0-906e-41e67cca61ea/13/doc/16-3478_complete_Amd_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/8dbbcd48-6c17-44c0-906e-41e67cca61ea/13/hilite/

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