Legal Resources

This Pride Month, the National Immigrant Justice Center, engaged with pro bono attorneys who are interested in representing an asylum case for a member of the LGBTQ+ community in immigration court.

DOJ Civil Rights Division Information for Employers: Refugees and Asylees Have the Right to Work.

The published Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision Matter of A-R-C-G- recognizes that women who are unable to escape violent domestic relationships in their own countries merit the same refugee protections as others who face persecution because of characteristics they cannot change.

Link to Executive Office for Immigration Review memo on facilitating pro bono legal services.

Link to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services form and instructions to apply for employment authorization.

Link to Executive Office for Immigration Review Form-26 to appeal an immigration judge decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection: Gender-Related Persecution