PRECEDENT DECISION: Matter of B-S-A-N-
(1) Immigration Judges should generally deny asylum applications filed by nationals of highly developed, democratic countries that broadly respect and protect human rights, except in extraordinary circumstances involving national security or foreign policy considerations.
(2) European Union citizens are presumptively ineligible for a discretionary grant of asylum in the United States because they are entitled to indefinitely reside lawfully in any EU member state.
Abuse of the asylum process has been a primary driver of backlog problems at immigration court and this is a common-sense precedent to stop aliens from safe countries from claiming they are fleeing persecution.