Barry was denied asylum as a direct result of the Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of A-T-, where the court held that past FGM/C alone cannot provide a basis for a fear of future persecution, and Matter of A-K-, where the court held that a parent cannot receive derivative asylum to protect a United States citizen child from FGM/C.
The legal decisions in Matter of A-T- and Matter of A-K- directly impacted Barry's asylum claim, as they established the criteria for granting asylum based on past FGM/C and parental rights to protect children from FGM/C.