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NIWAP Library Resource directory Apr 25, 2024

Gender-Based Asylum

Vallabhaneni (September 27 2001) Board of Immigration Appeals. NOW Legal Defense Fund and others filed this amicus in support of the appeal by Aruna C. Vallabhaneni of the decision of the Immigration Judge denying her application for political asylum despite an undisputed record of years of severe domestic violence and her inability to obtain protection from the government of India. The record before the judge established that Ms. Vallabhaneni was persecuted in the past and that she has a well-f

Asylum BIA appeals Immigration court BIA
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NIWAP Library Resource directory Apr 25, 2024

Trauma, Testimony, and Child Brain Development

BIA Amicus Invitation 2016-0609 (September 1 2016) Board of Immigration Appeals, NIWAP, Crowell and Moring. NIWAP and The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service submitted this amicus brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals discussing the brain development and neuroscience of how having experienced or witnessed trauma impacts the brain development of children and adolescents. The brief argues that in cases of child asylum applicants’ waivers of the one-year deadline based on extraordinary cir

Asylum Waivers BIA appeals BIA
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NIWAP Amicus Brief Bank

NIWAP's amicus brief bank organized by topic, with collections covering VAWA, U visa, SIJS, gender-based asylum, and related issues.

VAWA / U / T Special immigrant Asylum Cross-forum Immigration court
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Ready to Stay Legal Resources Directory

Ready to Stay directory of public asylum and removal-defense resources assembled for practitioners and pro bono volunteers.

Asylum Removal defense Evidence and procedure Cross-forum Immigration court
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