Every year, women from around the world apply for asylum in the United States to escape an abusive partner. In this article I find that domestic violence applicants may not be interpreted as viable truth tellers since they are missing specific markers of credibility, including legitimacy of fear...
That’s not to say that people don’t sometimes exaggerate or even make things up–many asylum seekers come from countries where lying to their governments is necessary for survival–but at least in the cases I have seen, the large majority of applicants have legitimate claims for protection....
In many cases, however, the officer will refer the case to the Immigration Court. It does not mean that the application for political asylum in the USA has been denied. What it means is that it will be an Immigration Judge who will decide whether or not there are grounds for one's app...
Unfortunately, this is the statement that helps with customary international law but not domestic law, a/k/a US asylum law. In the US, there is a system for identifying a particular social group which developed from two cases, Sanchez -Trujillo v. INS in 1986 and Lwin v. INS in 1998....
In some cases, an alien in the United States may choose to obtain "Temporary Protected Status" (TPS). Typically, TPS is granted by theJustice Departmentto aliens whose home country is unsafe due to such causes as armed conflict or natural disaster. TPS generally lasts from six to 18 months...
Conservatives have said the asylum system is abused by economic migrants who use it to stay and work in the U.S. indefinitely, which they say encourages illegal immigration. Liberals have also criticized the delays in deciding asylum cases, saying they place legitimate asylum-seekers in a years...
An asylum officer – the official representative of USCIS who is in charge of the affirmative asylum process. Theasylum officeris a trained professional who conducts the asylum interview; verifies the evidence provided by the asylum seeker; and takes decisions over asylum cases. ...
. While about half of these migrants were quickly expelled from the U.S. under Title 42, the other half were allowed to request asylum. The record border arrivals have further strained the U.S. immigration court system, where fewer than700 judgesare overseeing over 2 millionunresolved cases....
USCIS typically aims to make a decision or provide next steps within 180 days after the Form I-589 is filed. However, processing times can vary due to the complexity of cases and any exceptional circumstances. It’s important to check current processing times on the USCIS website for the mo...
Additionally, through examination of four individual cases from 2011, selected on the basis whether an interview was conducted with the asylum seeker, particular attention will be addressed to the process of communication in the asylum cases, as a form of intercultural communication.M Smilevska...