Many of the questions that migrants have is whether they can apply for political asylum in the United States if they entered illegally.
The answer is YES, it is possible, as long as you meet the following requirements:
- You cannot be in the process of removal.
- You must apply for asylum within one year of your last arrival in the USA
- Or you must demonstrate that you are eligible for an exception to the above requirement.
Countless people come to the United States seeking protection because of past experiences of persecution or the persistent risk of suffering persecution because of: their race, their religion, their nationality, their association with a social group, or their political ideology.
If you wish to apply for political asylum, you should know that there are two ways to obtain political asylum. I will explain what they are and what they mean:
Affirmative Asylum: To obtain affirmative asylum, you must be present in the USA. You must apply for asylum status regardless of how you arrived in the USA or your current immigration status.
Defensive Asylum: An asylum defense request occurs when you request asylum as a defense against your removal from the U.S. For an asylum application to be considered a defense, you must be in removal proceedings in Immigration Court with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
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