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Webinar: Asylum for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Probono Pubs
March 22nd, 2016This webinar will give participants an overview of the asylum framework, help participants with issue spotting and identifying red flags, discuss asylum’s intersections with other forms of relief, and explain how teams of attorneys and advocates working together can best meet the holistic needs of survivors.
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Asylum Under Convention Against Torture – Spanish
Probono Pubs
March 22nd, 2016Find out if your client may qualify for asylum and/or withholding of removal (also called “withholding”) so she can avoid being sent back to her country if she has a fear of return. Learn how she can apply for any relief for which she may be eligible. This self-help guide is in Spanish.
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Asylum Under Convention Against Torture
Probono Pubs
March 22nd, 2016Find out if your client may qualify for asylum and/or withholding of removal (also called “withholding”) so she can avoid being sent back to your country if she has a fear of return. Learn how she can apply for any relief for which she may be eligible.
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Righting the Wrong: Our Fight to Free Asylum-Seeking Mothers and Children
Page
March 17th, 2016Mothers and children fleeing extreme violence in Central America are being imprisoned in the United States with their children, sometimes for months on end, in remote facilities with little access […]
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Amicus Brief Argues Young Asylum-Seeker Deserves New Hearing
News
March 1st, 2016The decision to deny asylum to a young gay man from Mexico undermines legal protections for vulnerable survivors.
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New Guidance for Asylum Officers Will Better Protect Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
News
February 26th, 2016USCIS recognizes that in communities where FGM/C occurs, other forms of persecution may await a girl or woman if she were forced to return to her home country.
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Righting the Wrong: Why Detention of Asylum-Seeking Mothers and Children Must End Now
Pubs
October 28th, 2015It is time for the U.S. government to reconsider its response to women and children fleeing violence, and put an end to the shameful practice of family detention — once and for all.