Index

AuthorElizabeth Anne Campbell; Rachel DeLia Settlage; Veronica Thronson
Pages147-158
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A
Adjustment of status, 103
Admissibility, 8–9
dened, 103
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status and, 79–81
T visa and, 59–60
U visa petitions and, 40
Violence Against Women Act
removal cancellation
and, 31
Violence Against Women Act
self‑petitions and,
19–20
Admission, dened, 103
Aggravated felony, dened, 103
Alien, dened, 103, 108, 109
Application for admission, dened,
103
Arriving alien, dened, 103
Asylees, 6–7, 88
Asylum
afrmative application for,
100–102
as discretionary, 96
bars to, 95–96
Convention against Torture and,
89, 97, 100, 100–102
defensive application for, 102
derivative applicant in, 89, 99
eligibility requirements for,
89–90
employment authorization, 99
Form I‑589, Application
for Asylum and
for Withholding of
Removal, 100
nationality and, 93
nature of relief in, 99
on account of/nexus and, 91–94
past persecution and, 90–91
political opinion and, 92
race and, 92
religion and, 93
removal withholding and, 89,
97, 99–100, 100–102
social group membership and,
93–94
well‑founded fear in, 94–95
Attorney, dened, 104
Attorney general, dened 104
B
Bars, to asylum, 95–96
Battered Immigrant Women
Protection Act, 33. See
Index
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