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Law Links

Unlike other areas of law, asylum law changes frequently and significantly. Please review the following sections of this page to keep informed of the changes.

• Statutes and Regulations
• Internal Policies and Procedures
• Case Law
• Foreign Law

Statutes and Regulations

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (This link is to the USCIS web site, which is optimized for Internet Explorer. Please use Internet Explorer to open this link.)

Public Laws Amending the INA (This link is to the USCIS web site, which is optimized for Internet Explorer. Please use Internet Explorer to open this link.)

Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (This link is to the USCIS web site, which is optimized for Internet Explorer. Please use Internet Explorer to open this link.)

Other Codes of Federal Regulation (This link is to the USCIS web site, which is optimized for Internet Explorer. Please use Internet Explorer to open this link.)

Internal Policies and Procedures

USCIS's Affirmative Asylum Procedures Manual (2007) (This link is to the USCIS web site, which is optimized for Internet Explorer. Please use Internet Explorer to open this link.)

Office of the Chief Immigration Judge Policy Memoranda

Immigration Judge Bench Book

BIA Practice Manual

Case Law

Board of Immigration Appeals

• Published Decisions: Federal Cases - Each Federal Court has its own website and its opinions can be accessed via the website.
• Unpublished decisions are behind a paywall through Lexis-Nexis

U.S. Supreme Court cases can be found at:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Foreign Law

Citizenship Laws of the World

Laws of Other Countries

Refugee Cases from Other Countries