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Asylum overview
The asylum and refugee program in the United States offers protection to certain people who cannot return to their home countries due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. The qualifications for asylum are stringent. Annual limits on the number of allowable asylum seekers and refu...
Reopening In Absentia Removal Orders
Every alien who has a case before an Immigration Judge ("IJ") must make an appearance for his or her hearing. Failure to appear for a scheduled removal hearing allows an IJ to issue a removal order in absentia (without your presence in court) which will render you deportable from the United Stat...