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  • Institutional Repression Has Not Ceased: The United Nations Confirms It

    On September 16, 2026, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela released its latest report to the Human Rights Council. Document A/HRC/63/57 covers September 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, the period that includes the U.S. military operation of January 3 that led to Nicolás Maduro’s capture and removal from power after more than…

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  • Maduro Is Gone. What Does Matter of A-E-V-M- Mean for Venezuelan Asylum Claims?

    On September 4, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2026), a precedential decision that will be important for Venezuelan asylum cases going forward. As with any newly issued precedential decision, we do not yet know how Matter of A-E-V-M- will be used or applied in future…

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  • Two Languages, One Government: What Your Notice to Appear Doesn’t Tell You

    At the Institute for Migration and Human Rights (IMHR), we recently published a full legal analysis of a pattern that shows up constantly in asylum cases but that almost nobody outside immigration law ever notices: the government describes the same years of a person’s life in two completely different ways, depending on which part of…

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