Washington (CNN) Jeff Sessions recently used his special authority as attorney general to review an asylum case that could have sweeping implications for how the US treats immigrants fleeing domestic violence. Sessions has been using a little-known authority to refer immigration cases to himself for review , allowing him to almost single-handedly direct how immigration law is interpreted in this country. The case was initially kept secret by the Justice Department and immigration courts on privacy grounds, but was made public by immigration attorneys as a domestic violence case. The Department of Justice declined to comment on why or how Sessions chose the case, and it's not known how he will rule. The appeals court sent 58 cases back to him that year, roughly a third of his cases that were appealed.

Source: CNN April 28, 2018 13:41 UTC