Defensive

Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Fee Waivers, Parole, Trainings & Guidance, Work Authorization

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 7/21/25 (Alert Re: Immigration Fee Increases under H.R. 1)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 9/4/25 (Alert Re: Attorney General’s Issuance of 9/2/25 Precedent Decisions Impacting Asylum Based on Particular Social Group: Matter of S-S-F-M- and Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 9/22/25 (Resources for Pro Bono Partners – HRF Asylum Case Database and Resource Library)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 10/8/25 (H.R. 1 Immigration Application Fee Guidance, Including USCIS and EOIR Guidance on the Annual Asylum Fee)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 6/3/26 (Alert Re: Advanced Hearings in Immigration Court)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Human Rights First Email Blast to Pro Bono Teams on 10/8/26 (Annual Asylum Fee Reminder and Alert Re: Upcoming USCIS Updates to Filing Deadline Policies)

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Redacted Sample Opposition to DHS Motion to Pretermit Pursuant to Matter of C-A-R-R and Matter of H-A-A-V-

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates, Trainings & Guidance

Protected: Annotated Sample I-589 Amendments with Guidance on How to Avoid Pretermission Pursuant to Matter of H-A-A-V- and Matter of C-A-R-R-

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

General Direct Examination Outline for Psychological / Psychiatric Evaluator in Immigration Court

List of general direct examination questions that may be pertinent to ask a psychological or psychiatric evaluator providing expert testimony in support of an asylum case in immigration court.

Tags: Defensive, EOIR, Merits Prep, Removal Proceedings

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

General Direct Examination Outline for Asylum-Seeking Respondent in Immigration Court

List of general direct examination questions that may be pertinent to ask the respondent in an asylum case in immigration court.

Tags: Defensive, EOIR, Merits Prep, Removal Proceedings

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Trainings & Guidance

Hon. Dorothy Harbeck – “Objections in Immigration Court: Dost Thou Protest Too Much or Too Little?” (Stetson Journal of Advocacy and the Law)

Law review article published by Hon. Dorothy Harbeck through the Stetson Journal of Advocacy and the Law, discussing verbal objections in immigration court removal/deportation proceedings. 5 Stetson J. Advoc. & L. 1 (2018).

Tags: Defensive, EOIR, Evidence, Merits Prep, OPLA, Removal Proceedings

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Trainings & Guidance

EOIR – ECAS User Manual

EOIR manual explaining the procedures for electronic filing through EOIR’s Courts & Appeals System (ECAS). Last updated September 25, 2022.

Tags: Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Defensive, EOIR, Evidence, Merits Prep, Motions, Practice Advisories, Removal Proceedings, US Government Policy

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