Protection from Persecution Related Articles:

1L, Immigration

[A]n alien must establish a clear probability of persecution to avoid deportation under § 243(h).
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The principal motivation for the enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980 was a desire to revise and regularize the procedures governing the admission of refugees into the United States. The primary substantive change Congress intended to make under the Refugee Act . . . was to eliminate the piecemeal approach to admission of refuees previously existing under § 203(a)(7) and § 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and § 108 of the regulations, and to establish a systematic scheme for admission and resettlement of refugees.

— Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Predrag Stevic, 467 U.S. 407 (1984).

See also Richard A. Boswell's Immigration and Nationality Law: Cases and Materials.