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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Trainings & Guidance

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

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Model Immigration Court Filings in Support of Fictional Indigenous Asylum Claim

Model immigration court filings prepared by Human Rights First attorney Andrew Feinberg in January 2025. These model filings reflect some of the most common documents and motions an attorney will file in support of a client’s asylum case in immigration court. The materials are intended to be reviewed simultaneously, as part of a single fictional […]

Tags: 9th Circuit, Briefs, Country Conditions, Declaration, Defensive, EOIR, Evidence, I-589: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, Motions, Particular Social Group, Political Opinion, Race, Removal Proceedings, Women and Girls

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

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Asylum / Withholding / CAT

EOIR Memo PM 25-34, Conflicting Precedents of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Policy Memo 25-34 published by the EOIR on July 3, 2025, providing guidance regarding situations where EOIR adjudicators face conflicting precedents of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Tags: Administrative Closure, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Defensive, EOIR, Particular Social Group, Removal Proceedings, Trump 2.0 Policies, US Government Policy, Women and Girls

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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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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

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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Asylum / Withholding / CAT, Samples & Templates

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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Model Immigration Court Filings in Support of Fictional Indigenous Asylum Claim

Protected: Redacted Sample Asylum Officer Cover Letter-Brief: Ukrainian LGBTQ+ Case

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EOIR Memo PM 25-34, Conflicting Precedents of the Board of Immigration Appeals

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

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

Protected: Sample Motion for an Emergency Stay of Removal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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A Guide to VAWA Cancellation