Political Opinion

Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

Practice Advisory: Considerations in Asylum Claims for Transgender People

Practice advisory authored by Immigration Equality, the National Immigration Project, Oasis Legal Services, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Ready to Stay discussing considerations when advancing asylum claims for transgender clients. Published on June 2, 2025.

Tags: 2025 Policies, Affirmative, Defensive, I-589: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, LGBTQI, One-Year Filing Deadline, Particular Social Group, Political Opinion, Practice Advisories, Religion, Removal Proceedings

Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Sample Asylum Office Table of Exhibits: Yemeni Case Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender, Political Opinion, and Religion

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Protected: Sample Asylum Office Cover Letter-Brief before the Newark Asylum Office: Yemeni Case Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender, Political Opinion, and Religion

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Protected: Redacted sample pre-hearing brief: political opinion, race, and one-year-filing-deadline issues [country redacted]

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Redacted sample index of exhibits for an immigration court filing for a Russian political opinion case

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Protected: Redacted sample pre-hearing brief: Cameroonian PSG and political opinion case

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Protected: Redacted sample pre-hearing brief: Guatemalan indigenous case

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

Protected: Redacted sample pre-hearing brief: Guatemalan indigenous case

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Protected: Sample Asylum Office Cover Letter-Brief before the Newark Asylum Office: Central African Republic Case Based on Religion, Political Opinion, and Particular Social Group

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

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RAIO Training Course

Tags: Affirmative, Nationality, Political Opinion, Race, Religion, US Government Policy, USCIS, USCIS Interview Preparation

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Protected: Defensive Asylum Application Filing

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Afghanistan, Samples & Templates

Protected: Memo in Support of Asylum Application

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