Practice resources
Search immigration practice advisories, sample filings, manuals, brief banks, and government guidance from trusted practitioner sources.
Official USCIS policy manual for benefit adjudications, organized by volume, part, and chapter.
Official USCIS archive of policy and procedural memoranda used by adjudicators.
Acacia Center for Justice – Acacia Practitioner Hub from Human Rights First PALA Library.
Acacia Center for Justice practitioner hub containing legal resources for immigration practitioners and advocates, including a link to Acacia’s Habeas Bridge Project template bank intended to support practitioners challenging unlawful immigration detention, with a focus on habeas law in California and the Ninth Circuit.
C������c�����k�q�.bİ �4�2h���i a��ca& �� ��D�� ���� �rP��f���K9�W$�xRn�������D֯N�؛L辄h ؈N��Jӌ�"�g �&D���� �P�}3�pS\(e�^>&��C� gQ(e|~�IU�<"����� Hh� � m�,�a�:�� W.��>ܜ� Ϝ� �N����uג���y�k�� >���f��l�ɥ`�2@�P�.k�LKF���X����9����_q�1��x��7��Y��,x�"�^��LY�� ������op �aHL������Ț�Yq��3��s��hu(�.Mݩm��e�W�M�O������&������9 �s;�ᅳBb��?���S-=����#ޕ�-�E��N�ݓ�J���n D�Oi!ag~ Y�;��lq��XW���gϻ� e�:;����W�3�vvA���?���=9�V���� �G�L��^J�&qC�c�F����RK+� K�k� �K�h���/ҥ)
%PDF-1.6 %���� 278 0 obj <> endobj 306 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<400065CB7A97644E90C1E65962CAA2CC> ]/Index[278 58]/Info 277 0 R/Length 129/Prev 257507/Root 279 0 R/Size 336/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream h�bbd```b``���3�d?�d�"�����`�z�Q� & �j��j���0� L ��/��*�W�H�� 2LH2�o�=KA�/ 6C(�\Z�"%���x�������00j�?#�S������ endstream endobj startxref 0 %%EOF 335 0 obj <>stream h�b```�] � ,O�@��(���q�I������UF� �X� u6Xn���������2�&u�-����jg�x\8�|Mh�b�N)�� )����&s�.��a��U�H,c� A
This chart contains sample questions and goals for a direct examination in Immigration Court based on a fictional client.
"�d���@�W��l�f�@߰�F�����Y�-�zjH&�����g��� U�:~�A�c!�0 ��7v���ܸ�'�� ['��M�S�mK�=`Mc'B �L{ˆm���%a�*2�i]<�&���M��� �l�ް��dy�!s��G-��2\�3+U+F����� �?��S���-�L[���{���af�������.w3���N�^ ��bf���������wǼ�T+5�ϼ�T+��[���J͑�����b��qw�G���ˎ �������U�M�t�cjW�ew Q���b��d�53��}zm2nV� *�{�y?2�P��aݮ��f��b�"�~�r¸����t�nAq��~)��7����m�Z�����dܦ-rRb�{�1Q �79ƭ�� Rb��$�Pps���qC3��5�j(�=m�y�C[�vv��ֿ��sG{��ak'��������&55�6~�1�5��,ְhu?hci��:�j{_��� �"���&��������c� � �L^ �$��#k��d ��
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 case for a Guatemalan indigenous asylum claim in removal proceedings in the Ninth Circuit. The documents consist of the following:
%PDF-1.6 %���� 407 0 obj <> endobj 434 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<54F58E26CD32E84E942EB12E7E9A2030> ]/Index[407 68]/Info 406 0 R/Length 126/Prev 316816/Root 408 0 R/Size 475/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream h�bbd```b``���3�� ɱ�6�V�H& �H�d����A$�8��&���0�L>�!�@�q:X��; v�Q��l�0��w���O�00120��D�bÜ�����@����� endstream endobj startxref 0 %%EOF 474 0 obj <>stream h�b```�� � � B ce`a��qȠE����� OT��8|*�ba`����U+8���c �D�=��8��~�:�z��]}��e�>�S�MJ"�(_?m|�M�-������J2�X
%PDF-1.3 %��������� 3 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 10111 >> stream x�]�s �u��� �(,�� �+Q$��|3� � R*� ���R������� �= \)w0�����ׯ{����� �W�~6��^W����q��֭�� f\w㴝���?��~Zw�$uݭ��]�q��ӧzm֟��� ]�?�}}����� ���v���U]7��ӏk@D۟q�c3d! ��xUm��m֟�_���5m��� Ht|k�& �i4��a[5c� C��AS� ʰ�D�EO���w[3M���uD +���J]��Ͱ�����?������?�rӯ�ڐӒH�Ͷ �?���x�����_�����X�� �����6cױlufk�j,|����D��� ���AL�j��/�,���1�����<�mGR �~mVP�?A1@�+�ޜ\@�7z�B�����\�Gz��y��+�r8�X��_ȩ ��)H���V�U�����\��+�+�U