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EOIR: An Agency Guide

This fact sheet provides an overview of the EOIR's mission, the removal proceedings process and basic forms of relief from removal.

www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/eoir_an_agency_guide/download

07/01/19

DHS Brief: RA (BIA)

Asylum

DHS Brief: RA (BIA)

07/01/19

USCIS Guidance on Grace v. Whitaker

Asylum

USCIS Guidance on Grace v. Whitaker

07/01/19

DOJ Memo: Docketing Practices for UIC (2014)

Asylum
Child

This memorandum provides guidance on docketing practices for unaccompanied immigrant children (UICs) and adults with children.

07/01/19

NIJC press release on Matter of A-R-C-G-

NIJC press release on Matter of A-R-C-G-

immigrantjustice.org/press_releases/board-immigration-appeals-rules-guatemalan-mother-who-fled-domestic-violence-can-be-g

07/01/19

Asylum Clock Class Action Litigation: A.B.T. v. USCIS

Asylum

Asylum Clock Class Action Litigation: A.B.T. v. USCIS

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/litigation/asylum-clock

07/01/19

Amicus brief: Woman's inability to leave an abusive relationship

This redacted amicus brief is in support of the particular social group: woman unable to leave an abusive relationship.

07/01/19

BIA decision finding that an Iranian asylum seeker is not subject to the terrorism bar

BIA decision finding that an Iranian asylum seeker is not subject to the terrorism bar.

07/01/19

DHS Brief in Matter of A-C-G-

Asylum

DHS Brief in Matter of A-C-G-

07/01/19

Asylee Eligibility for Assistance and Services Through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (2012)

This site provides links for certain individuals who have been granted asylum in the United States and are eligible to receive assistance and services from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).

www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/asylee-eligibility-for-assistance-and-services-through-the-office-of

07/01/19

Guidelines on Child Asylum Claims (INS, 1998)

Asylum
Child

Written to provide the Asylum Officer Corps (AOC), this memorandum provides background and guidance on adjudicating children’s asylum claims.

06/28/19

NIJC Amicus Brief to BIA on Gender as a Particular Social Group

NIJC Amicus Brief to BIA on Gender as a Particular Social Group.

06/28/19

NIJC amicus brief in Cece v. Holder

Asylum

Brief amicus curiae of the National Immigrant Justice Center in support of petitioner CECE

06/28/19

Matter of A-R-C-G- et al., Respondents

Matter of A-R-C-G- et al., Respondents Decided August 26, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals.

www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/08/26/3811.pdf

06/28/19

BIA Perdomo Decision

BIA decision remanding Perdomo v Holder, 611 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 2010).

06/28/19

NIJC Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent Perdomo.

Asylum
LGBTQ

Brief of the National Immigrant Justice Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent Perdomo.

06/28/19

UNHCR Guidelines on Child Asylum Claims

Asylum
Child

GUIDELINES ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION: Child Asylum Claims

www.unhcr.org/en-us/publications/legal/50ae46309/guidelines-international-protection-8-child-asylum-claims-under-articles.html

06/28/19

Grace v. Whitaker, No. 18-cv01853 at 11 (D.D.C. Dec. 19, 2018).

Asylum
Child

Grace v. Whitaker, No. 18-cv01853 at 11 (D.D.C. Dec. 19, 2018).

www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/opinion_-_grace_v._whitaker.pdf

06/28/19

NIJC Amicus Brief in Matter of A-R-C-G-

Asylum

Brief of the National Immigrant Justice Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondents A-R-C-G-

06/28/19

Representing Survivors of Domestic and Gender Violence: July 14, 2017 (NIJC Pro Bono Webinar Series)

Representing Survivors of Domestic and Gender Violence: July 14, 2017 (NIJC Pro Bono Webinar Series)

youtube.com/embed/tbvH_3mF3QY

06/21/19

Training Webinars