Refugees and Asylum

"The United States provides refuge to persons who have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution through two programs: one for refugees (persons outside the U.S.) and one for asylees (persons in the U.S.)."
- The United States Department of Homeland Security

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What We Know vs. What We Can Infer About the Ameaka Case

Foreign aid, a foreign residence requirement, presence washing, and an airport arrest

Topics: Asylum, J-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program

‘The Promise’ of the Refugee Convention?

As UN recommits to the 1951 treaty, Critics Call for Reform

Topics: Refugees and Asylum

DHS Issues New Rule to Alleviate Affirmative Asylum Backlog

Asylum officers can now refer some cases to immigration court without conducting interviews

Topics: Asylum, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

SCOTUS Reaffirms U.S. Sovereignty in ‘Border Asylum’ Decision

Simply put, the laws don’t require us to let aliens in to seek asylum

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Asylum

DOJ: Immigration Court Asylum Grants Plummet

Credit policy changes under Trump II and blame a lack of initial screening under Biden

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum

BIA States the Obvious: Admitting You Lied in the Past Doesn’t Make You Credible Today

Appellate board gives a quick tutorial on how IJs should make credibility determinations — and how not to.

Topics: Immigration Courts, Visa Fraud, Asylum

DHS Seeking $255k Civil Fine Against Lawyer in Fraudulent Asylum Case

An expansion of ‘briefcase enforcement’, and shady practitioners — and their clients — should beware

Topics: Visa Fraud, Asylum, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum

The ‘TPS case’ and the ‘asylum entry case’ are in; only the ‘birthright citizenship case’ remains

Topics: Supreme Court Decisions on Immigration Policy, Asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

On Asylum, the Legislature Needs to Legislate

The D.C. Circuit Is right. Congress can — but the executive branch cannot — curtail aliens’ statutory right to apply for asylum

Topics: Asylum

Purported Bogus Asylum Case Out of the Hoosier State — That’s All Too Common

Mauritanian border-jumper claims to fear persecution because he’s gay, then marries his employer’s daughter

Topics: Refugees and Asylum