This article begins with a primer on some of the major transnational criminal gangs and an explanation of the law of asylum in the United States. The article includes a discussion of the Immigration and Nationality Act; how courts have interpreted and applied the Act; and the barriers that applicants have faced in obtaining asylum under the current law. The author explains how these applicants and their representatives can pursue successful asylum claims by defining the particular social group as males between the ages of eleven and twenty-one years who have been targeted for gang recruitment but have refused membership. (Description from source).
