Each of the persons below has arrived at a U.S. port of entry and requested asylum. Make a ruling as if you were a judge hearing this person’s asylum claim. Be sure to give your reasons.
a. Grace is from an African country where female circumcision is practiced. She says that she fears returning to her country because she may be forced to undergo this painful procedure.
b. Wong is a member of a religious sect in China that the government has declared to be illegal. Some of its members have been arrested and imprisoned in China. Wong has never been arrested.
c. Mohammed has fled his homeland, where he was a member of the political opposition to the dictator who ruled his country. A government official in that country once told him that if he takes action in organizing resistance against the government, he will be arrested.
d. Eva has been the victim of physical abuse by her husband in the country from which she comes. She is applying for asylum because she fears that returning to her home country will result in more abuse.
e. Rashid is an Iraqi who once fought with terrorists against the United States. However, Rashid has since changed sides and now works for the United States in Iraq.
