Drafting Asylum Brief

Sample Brief—Political Claim

Immigration Justice Campaign
A sample brief for our fictional client, Julian Ngongbo.

Sample: Asylum, Withholding, and CAT Brief and Index of Submissions: Political Opinion and Nationality

Immigration Justice Campaign
Sample asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT brief and index of submissions, for a journalist from Nigeria who was persecuted on account of his political opinion and nationality.

Sample Withholding of Removal: Nicaraguan Political Case

Immigration Justice Campaign
Sample brief from a client eligible only for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection.

Sample Asylum Brief: Particular Social Group

Tahirih Justice Center
This brief is for an asylum claim by a Guatemalan woman who was subjected to decades of domestic violence from her common-law husband, and whose daugher was subjected to sexual violence from the same perpetrator. The grounds for asylum articulated are various gender-based particular social groups including Guatemalan women, Guatemalan married women, Guatemalan women who are viewed as property by virtue of their status in a domestic relationship and who are unable to leave their domestic relationship, several family-based particular social groups, and political opinion.

Sample Asylum Brief: Particular Social Group and Political Opinion

Catholic Charities Community Services
This brief is for an asylum claim by a Honduran woman who faced death threats from a gang. The grounds for asylum articulated are a family based particular social group and political opinion.

Sample Asylum, Withholding, and CAT Brief: Particular Social Group

Immigration Justice Campaign
Sample asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT brief, for a transgender Honduran woman, based on multiple particular social groups.

Sample Convention Against Torture Brief: Transgender Mexican Woman

Immigration Justice Campaign
A sample brief from a Convention Against Torture case involving a transgender Mexican woman. This sample can be used when your client is not eligible for asylum or withholding of removal.