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What is Firm Resettlement Bar and why is important to know about it? Firm Resettlement is a bar for asylum. The Federal Code as well as the Court have defined and explained this legal doctrine. As recent as December 18, 2025, the Board of the Immigration of Appeals (BIA) published Matter of L-T-A (BIA 2025). This case is an expansion and further explaniation regarding what was established on Matter of A-G-G- (BIA 2011). Under 8 C.F.R. section 1208.15 firm resettlement is def