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Stuck in the Affirmative Asylum Backlog: What Are My Options?

Recording Date: May 28, 2020

With backlogs increasing at Asylum Offices across the nation and fewer applicants being selected for interviews under Priority 1 scheduling, more clients (and potential clients) are looking for options to secure permanent residence or other status earlier. Our panel of experts will discuss options, strategies, and challenges for these applicants.

Featured Topics:

  • What Are Important Considerations, Challenges, and Advantages for Maintaining Your Client’s Nonimmigrant Status
  • Your Client Is a Beneficiary of an Approved I-140, I-130 Petition, or the Diversity Visa Lottery: Can Your Client Adjust Status?
  • Is Travel on Advance Parole an Option While the I-589 Application Is Pending?
  • Pursuing Ways to Circumvent the Backlog, Including Expedited Processing Requests or Derivative Applications
  • Options for Your Client’s Family Members to Come to the United States: Humanitarian Parole, a Nonimmigrant Visa, etc.

Faculty:

  • Dree K. Collopy (Discussion Leader (DL)), AILA Asylum and Refugee Committee Chair, AILA Author, AILA’s Asylum Primer: A Practical Guide to U.S. Asylum Law and Procedure, 8th Ed., Washington, DC
  • Amy Maldonado, East Lansing, MI
  • Karin Tolgu, Seattle, WA

Crafting a Winning Particular Social Group for an Asylum Case

Recording Date: August 27, 2020

After recent interpretations by the attorney general and the BIA narrowing the scope of “particular social groups” (PSGs), practitioners have been left wondering how to craft a social group definition that will pass scrutiny. What is working, what is not working, and what are the alternatives? Our panel of experts will address practical tips regarding crafting PSGs. They also will examine the current state of the law after some federal courts have started pushing back.

Featured Topics:

  • How Should I Frame the PSG? How Many PSGs Should I Present for My Client?
  • How to Show “Social Distinction”
  • How to Craft Non-Family PSGs
  • Recent PSG Decisions in Federal Court
  • How to Distinguish Your Case and Use Legal Authority to Create a Successful PSG
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on PSG Cases

Faculty:

  • Tammy Lin (DL), San Diego, CA
  • Jason Dzubow, Washington, DC
  • Michael J. Tisocco, Seattle, WA

Recordings

The recordings will be available in your AILA Agora Digital Library within 5-7 business days after the conference date.

PowerPoints and Handouts

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b. Click on the green “My Digital Library” button at the top right;
c. Then scroll to the Asylum Conference image. Items are listed by date of purchase.

If you have any trouble accessing, please send an inquiry to conferences@aila.org.

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Conference Handbook

Download the 2020 AILA Virtual Asylum Conference Handbook here.

All participants also will receive an electronic copy of the 2020 AILA Virtual Asylum Conference Handbook in their AILA Agora Digital Library.

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