Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
Matter of A-B-: Sessions Declares Domestic- and Gang-Violence Asylum Claims Will 'Generally' Fail (2018)
Sessions used his power to rewrite immigration precedent to declare that people fleeing domestic or gang violence will generally not qualify for asylum. Its standards were applied at the border to screen people out before they could make their case; federal courts held key parts of that screening policy unlawful, and the decision was vacated in 2021.