Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit December 17, 2018, No. 18-cv-01853 (EGS) (Grace v. Whitaker)

Emmet G. Sullivan, United States District Judge

When Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980, it made its intentions clear: the purpose was to enforce the "historic policy of the United States to respond to the urgent needs of persons subject to persecution in their homelands." Refugee Act of 1980, § 101(a), Pub. L. No. 96-212, 94 Stat. 102 (1980).