Asylum

Asylum

Asylum

The asylum process is for immigrants who absolutely cannot return to their home country out of fear of persecution. These are people who would be harmed or killed because of their political beliefs, religion, race, or membership in a group that would make them a target of the government or someone acting on the government’s behalf.

Requesting asylum can be a long and complicated process, and there are no guarantees of success. For those already in immigration proceedings, an immigration judge will be the one to decide if the immigrant qualifies for asylum. Those not in immigration proceedings can affirmatively apply for asylum with the asylum office. However, with either process, the immigrant has only a year from the time they came into the US to apply for asylum.



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