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Enjoined Asylum Regulations "Cheat Sheet"

The first Trump administration published myriad regulations seeking to restrict access to asylum and related protections. Some of these regulations were enjoined through litigation, including Pangea Legal Servs.I v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. , 501 F. Supp. 3d 792, 827 (N.D. Cal. 2020), a case on which NIPNLG is co-counsel. Most of these lawsuits were held in abeyance during the Biden administration, which stated it was going to undertake rulemaking which, largely, it did not do. Meanwhile, as

National Immigration Project Practice advisory Feb 3, 2023 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from National Immigration Project on Asylum; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.

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Asylum

Workflows

Asylum merits package

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