Eliminate the particular social group ground for asylum
What the document says“Congress should eliminate the particular social group protected ground as vague and overbroad”
Asylum law protects people persecuted on five grounds, one of which is membership of a particular social group. The chapter says that ground is vague and overbroad and should be eliminated, or else given a clear definition that at a minimum codifies the holding that gang violence and domestic violence are not grounds for asylum.
What the document actually says“Congress should eliminate the particular social group protected ground as vague and overbroad”
One reason for asylum is being part of a group. The book says that reason is too broad. It says Congress should remove it.
Asylum is given for five reasons. One is belonging to a certain group. Courts have argued about what that means. The book says it is too vague and should go.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. That rule confirms the effective date of a 2020 rule making aliens who pose a public health risk ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal, and withdraws parts of it that later amendments had overtaken. It changes who is barred on public health grounds and how credible fear screening treats those cases. The five protected grounds are set by statute, and nothing among the candidates removes membership of a particular social group or writes a definition for it. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.