What makes an asylum case weak or strong?

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What makes some asylum cases stronger than others asylum cases? Hi, I'm Jim Hacking, immigration attorney here in St. Louis. We thought we'd shoot this video today to explain to you by telling you two stories about how asylum works in the United States. A lot of people have questions about asylum so we thought that the easiest way to set it forward for you would be to tell you the story of two different people and why we think one case is a strong asylum case and why the other one isn't such a strong case. Let's start with Edie from Ethiopia. Edie came in the United States just a few months ago. While he was here there was a coup in Ethiopia, and the government changed, and the leaders of the new regime hate the people of the ethnic background of Edie. That is that there's been gang warlord fights in Ethiopia for years that at different times different entities come to power and now Edie's group is being oppressed. There's multiple news reports of gang violence towards people in Edie's ethnic group, and it really looks as if Edie were to return home that he could face persecution. Edie told us a story of his uncle getting beaten and kidnapped in Ethiopia and only being released after his family paid $25,000 worth of ransom. Edie has some identifying marks that make him readily ascertainable as being a member of that group. In that case Edie would have a pretty strong asylum case. This is a typical kind of a situation that we hear about in asylum. Asylum is designed to protect people from persecution when they go back to their home country and we think here Edie could really face persecution, and that we could document it both through news stories, reports of country conditions from the Department of State, and by demonstrating that people in Edie's family have already faced persecution. If Edie had ever faced persecution of his own based on his background in the past then we could demonstrate that as well. With many things in asylum it's all about how much evidence you have and the quality of that evidence. So we would want to put together a really strong asylum application based on both country conditions and Edie's particular facts, and show that if Edie were to return home now that he would be in big trouble. We think Edie's case would probably get approved. At the same time let's talk about Sam from Syria. Sam from Syria has been studying in the United States for the last four years on a valid F-1 student visa. It's about ready to expire because he's going to graduate and he's not been able to line up a job or any OPT to be able to work with an employer after he graduates. Sam comes to us and he says, "Jim look, we are from Syria, me and my wife. If we were to return home to Syria things are really horrible, and because of the civil war there's been a lot of unrest and a lot of violence, and there's not a lot of government control, and we're really worried about what would happen to us if we come back to Syria." At that point we would go down a series of questions and ask Sam if he thinks that he's going to be persecuted based on a protected class like his race, or his religion, or his political opinion, those kind of things. A lot of times people in Sam's situation don't have any particularized reason to think that they're going to face persecution. They just basically come to us and say, "Things are really rough back in my home country of Syria. Do you think I can get asylum?" We think this would be a much harder case to win. Without any real evidence to show that Sam is going to be targeted because of who he is, because of his ethnic background, or his religious background, or membership in a social group, we think there's a real chance that an asylum case for Sam might not work. Now, there's other options that we might be able to get for him, but right now it wouldn't look like based on these facts that Sam is going to get asylum. What do these two cases tell us? I think what they tell us is that the cases are pretty fact specific, that you have to be concerned that you establish enough evidence that the people are entitled to asylum, and that these are hard cases to make and that you need a whole lot of evidence and you need to put them together as best you can. If you have any questions about asylum, if you want to know what the chances are of your case getting asylum give us a call 314-961-8200 or you can email me [e-mail] . Thanks.
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[@selamhselasi8770]

Thank you

[@abdiibrahim2477]

Hey sir iam also from Ethiopia

[@bashiirnur]

Ha dhowna somaliyan ahay dheh

[@discovery5347]

hlo sir I am Rahul from india Filled my case in bŕother and sister law in 30 january 2006 how many time to open this case

[@StifeAnnos-ww1nq]

Hello sir, on my first interview by refugee status determination officer I didn't say I was prosecuted; However, I told him that I was issued a warning latter to sign on and I got unfounded rejection based on my story. It was just I was afraid to tell the truth because I thought the officer would tell my story to my government but I was brutally prosecuted and my family bribed the police for my release whom issued me a warning latter to sign on. Soon I will have hearing what must I do? Regards,

[@HackingImmigrationLawLLC]

Hello, and thanks for commenting. You can join the Immigration Answers Show which goes live here through our KZbin channel, and ask your questions to Jim directly, he will be glad to advise. Or send us an email to [e-mail] and one of our team members will let you know if we can help you with your case.

[@sedrickhamani7843]

Hi sir is being a witness to a murder case strong enough ?

[@kaetech2467]

My case is in court. It was to be heard Dec 15 2021. Its postponed to 4yrs from this yr. 2025. What can I do?

[@HackingImmigrationLawLLC]

Hi Kaetech I'm sorry to hear about that. Please feel free to email us at [e-mail] as we may have a referral who could help.

[@relaxation2758]

Hi jim thanks for your question.i want to ask you a qstn.i am really in trouble i have don inter cast well as enter religious marrirge but my family didn't accept it and her family too .we are together byt we don't have specific evidence of marrige.like marrige certificate and others things.how i can support my case .in this case. How could i go for asylum?

[@HackingImmigrationLawLLC]

Hi Madhav, we'd be happy to see how we can help! If you're needing to hire an attorney to assist you please email us at [e-mail].

[@chukwudivictor7928]

Sir I am an asylum seeker, this is my case is acase of farm land between my family and another family. I was attacked, totured and arrested. Also detailed in police station for 3 times ,my wife was raped on the process of the attack that lead to the pregnancy teminated.after some time I developed mental problem. My question is what kind of asylum seeker? is it political or humanitarian?

[@sadamqooradag9808]

Where you came from No authority?! Bcoz if it is political theres supposed to had a war or something like that… ok in his KZbin channel there is a video explaining what kind of people can claim asylum inside America territory so you better look for it.

[@vaidehipatel3749]

Sir,i applied asylum in September 2017,what time you thinking for interview? Plz reply.

[@vaidehipatel3749]

Jim Hacking Thank you.

[@Americandream2]

Did u get yr interview?

[@nkiran888]

Vaidehi Patel can I have your email if

[@nkiran888]

Email ID

[@ShaikhChilliez]

My sister have applied in May 2016. Thats the receipt date and still waiting for interview

[@canada4einsahkareem610]

hello sir I am from Sudan,I am a teacher, I've married from big officer's daughter he had refused because I am from different tribe so we have escaped together to capital and then when he knew our place he has kidnaped my wife and arrested me but I had successful escaped again from him and went to police and told them everything ,told me ok you have to apply this paper and wait we are going to arrest him,then he came with them and beat me so hard and they have taken me to unknown place and threatened me he will kill me unless divorce his daughter and left me without food and water but I escaped and I don't know nothing about my family and went to India but still I feel so scare because they can reach me here please help me and my wife!

[@sahilkumar8257]

canada4e insahkareem Lol need time work on another story. Seems like some bollywood movie story

[@Onlyme2015]

What if you did past persecution but dont have tangible evidence ? only your story.

[@123ertr]

THE BURDEN IS ON YOU

[@zeyadsabti5484]

Thanks a lot Sir for your efforts. Can I get your facebook ? I need to talk with you in private because my case is very sensitive

[@zeyadsabti5484]

Thank you Sir. I need to know whether I can send you email through gmail or yahoo. My best wishes for you

[@user-bq6vh4xd1m]

Well, what do I do if I am persecuted because of my sexual orientation and religion?

[@TheArtPerspective]

is attempted murder strong enough?

[@HackingImmigrationLawLLC]

Hi Anthony, if you email us at [e-mail] with a description of your case we can talk about it.